Battle of the Somme: 100 Years Anniversary
... Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916–18 November 1916 Battle of Attrition The British Army was under the command of Sir Douglas Haig, who had succeeded Sir John French as Commander-in Chief of the BEF in December 1915, and Sir Henry Rawlinson, who commanded the Fourth Army.9 The main line of assault ran ...
... Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916–18 November 1916 Battle of Attrition The British Army was under the command of Sir Douglas Haig, who had succeeded Sir John French as Commander-in Chief of the BEF in December 1915, and Sir Henry Rawlinson, who commanded the Fourth Army.9 The main line of assault ran ...
The Battle
... • Marne - 1914-North of Paris the French stop the German advance and ruins the Schlieffen Plan. • After this point the war becomes a stalemate and they dig into the Trenches. • The front lines change little for the rest of the war. • Christmas Truce- 1914- Christmas Eve the soldiers on the front hol ...
... • Marne - 1914-North of Paris the French stop the German advance and ruins the Schlieffen Plan. • After this point the war becomes a stalemate and they dig into the Trenches. • The front lines change little for the rest of the war. • Christmas Truce- 1914- Christmas Eve the soldiers on the front hol ...
Western Front | International Encyclopedia of the First World War
... 1915 the deadliest year for French forces (349,000 deaths).[7] The British, for their part, did not remain idle, but could not commit nearly as many troops as their French ally.[8] They made a series of largely abortive efforts to support larger French battles. The Battle of Neuve Chappelle (10-13 M ...
... 1915 the deadliest year for French forces (349,000 deaths).[7] The British, for their part, did not remain idle, but could not commit nearly as many troops as their French ally.[8] They made a series of largely abortive efforts to support larger French battles. The Battle of Neuve Chappelle (10-13 M ...
The Historical Context of the First World War
... Germany. Our Amersham soldiers are buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries which are scattered across the area. The bodies of some of our men were never identified and their names are commemorated on the enormous Monument to the Missing which stands proudly on the top of the Thie ...
... Germany. Our Amersham soldiers are buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries which are scattered across the area. The bodies of some of our men were never identified and their names are commemorated on the enormous Monument to the Missing which stands proudly on the top of the Thie ...
World war I
... hoping for another "1st of June" the next day (the "Glorious 1st of June" of 1794 was when Admiral Lord Howe beat the French Brest Fleet off Ushant.) During the night, there were clashes between parts of the fleet when they sighted each other in the dark but the situation was very confused. But in t ...
... hoping for another "1st of June" the next day (the "Glorious 1st of June" of 1794 was when Admiral Lord Howe beat the French Brest Fleet off Ushant.) During the night, there were clashes between parts of the fleet when they sighted each other in the dark but the situation was very confused. But in t ...
World War One
... past Paris, he would be vulnerable to counterattack and possible destruction. • If he turned before Paris, the Plan might fail. • In early September, the British and French launched a counter-attack in the Marne Valley, forcing Kluck to abandon his westward sweep. • Troops on both sides began to scr ...
... past Paris, he would be vulnerable to counterattack and possible destruction. • If he turned before Paris, the Plan might fail. • In early September, the British and French launched a counter-attack in the Marne Valley, forcing Kluck to abandon his westward sweep. • Troops on both sides began to scr ...
File
... capture the city As they move here, Canadians find evidence of the earlier battle as the area is littered with the British, German, & French dead from the fall 1914 What the Canadians don’t know is that Germany is preparing for another attack & that they were going to use a secret weapon to capt ...
... capture the city As they move here, Canadians find evidence of the earlier battle as the area is littered with the British, German, & French dead from the fall 1914 What the Canadians don’t know is that Germany is preparing for another attack & that they were going to use a secret weapon to capt ...
Student Work Book
... This meant that the BEF was in position to meet the advancing Germans at Mons on 23 August and again at Le Cateau on 26 August. They managed to slow the advance of the Germans, although they could not stop it. The Russian army had also taken the Germans by surprise and had attacked after two weeks, ...
... This meant that the BEF was in position to meet the advancing Germans at Mons on 23 August and again at Le Cateau on 26 August. They managed to slow the advance of the Germans, although they could not stop it. The Russian army had also taken the Germans by surprise and had attacked after two weeks, ...
WWI Readings 4
... All was hustle and bustle. The Colonial regiments had carried the first German lines and thousands and thousands of prisoners kept arriving and leaving. Ambulances filed along the roads continuously. As news began to arrive we left our work to seek more details; picking up souvenirs, postcards, lett ...
... All was hustle and bustle. The Colonial regiments had carried the first German lines and thousands and thousands of prisoners kept arriving and leaving. Ambulances filed along the roads continuously. As news began to arrive we left our work to seek more details; picking up souvenirs, postcards, lett ...
Battle of Verdun (Western Front- February 1916) - ablanguages-LCII
... 1. It was starting to look like Germany was going to be defeated. The USA wanted to be part of the post war carve up and wanted to be there for their share of the pie. 2. The USA was supplying war materials to the allies. They could not do this and be "neutral" as well. In fact the USA was breaking ...
... 1. It was starting to look like Germany was going to be defeated. The USA wanted to be part of the post war carve up and wanted to be there for their share of the pie. 2. The USA was supplying war materials to the allies. They could not do this and be "neutral" as well. In fact the USA was breaking ...
Gresham College Lecture, 18 November 2014
... Somme in September 1916 and by the French on the Chemin des Dames in April 1917, but still in very small numbers, and the early models, crawling forward at barely walking pace, were all too vulnerable to shellfire and to mechanical breakdown. Much better prospects for overcoming the defences lay wit ...
... Somme in September 1916 and by the French on the Chemin des Dames in April 1917, but still in very small numbers, and the early models, crawling forward at barely walking pace, were all too vulnerable to shellfire and to mechanical breakdown. Much better prospects for overcoming the defences lay wit ...
World War I, 1914 – 1918: A Source Based Study
... Launching rolling barrages, poison gas and night concentrations to break the front line Allied ...
... Launching rolling barrages, poison gas and night concentrations to break the front line Allied ...
Chapter 26.2
... blow back on the side that had dropped it Both side developed gas masks to protect themselves ...
... blow back on the side that had dropped it Both side developed gas masks to protect themselves ...
WWI Canadian Battles Entering the War • As part of the Schlieffen
... WWI Canadian Battles Entering the War ...
... WWI Canadian Battles Entering the War ...
Western Front (World War I)
Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The tide of the advance was dramatically turned with the Battle of the Marne. Following the race to the sea, both sides dug in along a meandering line of fortified trenches, stretching from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier with France. This line remained essentially unchanged for most of the war.Between 1915 and 1917 there were several major offensives along this front. The attacks employed massive artillery bombardments and massed infantry advances. However, a combination of entrenchments, machine gun nests, barbed wire, and artillery repeatedly inflicted severe casualties on the attackers and counterattacking defenders. As a result, no significant advances were made. Among the most costly of these offensives were the Battle of Verdun with a combined 700,000 casualties (estimated), the Battle of the Somme with more than a million casualties (estimated), and the Battle of Passchendaele with roughly 600,000 casualties (estimated).In an effort to break the deadlock, this front saw the introduction of new military technology, including poison gas, aircraft and tanks. But it was only after the adoption of improved tactics that some degree of mobility was restored. The German Spring Offensive of 1918 was made possible by the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk that marked the end of the conflict on the Eastern Front. Using the recently introduced infiltration tactics, the German armies advanced nearly 100 kilometres (60 miles) to the west, which marked the deepest advance by either side since 1914 and very nearly succeeded in forcing a breakthrough.In spite of the generally stagnant nature of this front, this theatre would prove decisive. The inexorable advance of the Allied armies during the second half of 1918 persuaded the German commanders that defeat was inevitable, and the government was forced to sue for conditions of an armistice. The terms of peace were agreed upon with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.