Description of the battle of the Somme

Friday 6th November 2015 

Description of the battle of the Somme 

haig decides to attack along the river Somme to distract the German from Verdun and help build the morale of the French.

His intelligence told him the German were outnumbered and weakening so the British might actually win.

The year is 1916, the Great War has been raging for two terrible years, and the Allies have been locked.

The German’s called the battle of Somme the Blood Bath.