The Battle of the Somme (1916) exemplifies the catastrophic failure of WWI military strategy, where British generals believed a 7-day artillery bombardment of 1.5 million shells would destroy German defenses, allowing infantry to advance safely; however, German soldiers survived in deep concrete bunkers and emerged to ambush the attackers, resulting in 60,000 British casualties on the first day alone, making it the bloodiest day in British Army history, with the battle continuing for another 4 months.
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Seven Miles. One Million Casualties. The Battle of the Somme. #history #short #worldwar1 #ww1Añadido:
The generals were certain the battle was already won. For 7 days, British artillery had bombarded the German lines, 1 and 1/2 million shells. Surely nothing could have survived. The infantry would simply walk across. On July 1st, [music] 1916, at 7:30 a.m., the whistles blew.
Thousands of British soldiers climbed out of their trenches and walked toward the German lines. The German soldiers [music] had survived.
In deep concrete bunkers, the bombardment hadn't touched. They emerged, set up their machine guns, and waited. By the end of that single day, 60,000 British soldiers were [music] casualties, 19,000 dead in 1 day. It remains the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army. The Battle of the Somme continued for another 4 months.
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