Interesting video about the Somme, 1916

[Gunner Asch]

Fascinating video about the Somme, 1916. Worth the 40 minutes to
watch it.


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[Jim Wilkins]

"Gunner Asch" <gunne...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Fascinating video about the Somme, 1916. Worth the 40 minutes to
> watch it.
>

"...the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army."
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/battle-somme-probably-worst-ever-11551583

The week-long artillery bombardment and suicidal infantry frontal
assault into German machine guns were intended to allow horse cavalry
to get behind and cut off the German trench lines. The cavalry did
break through but was too weak and disorganized to be effective.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_High_Wood

General Edmund Allenby was punished for his part in planning the
disaster by being sent to Palestine, where he invented motorized
Blitzkrieg.
http://blogs.nam.ac.uk/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/britains-greatest-general/edmund-allenby

-jsw