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The Battle of the Somme (1916), which was a strategic Allied forces attempt to infiltrate through German lines along the Somme river of Northern France. It is considered to be one of the most, if not the most gruesome battles waged in the First World War. The reason behind this was that the Allied forces believed a tactical attack along this river would draw German forces from another heavily waged battle (Battle of Verdun), but alas, not only did the campaign become one of the biggest blunders it also accounted for one of greatest loss of lives in WWI. The Battle of Somme may be one of the saddest accounts, but it also entails the horror and tactical advancements of the First of World Wars.
The British had initially thought that this battle would be an easy decisive victory, they adopted the plan of heavy bombardment of artillery shells on the defensive German bunkers and trenches; this in turn would be followed by an easy raid of the ground troops into "no mans land" and that......

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