It was this which gave the Battle of the Somme its particularly horrible character, but equally it was the factor which ultimately broke the German spirit.
What the Germans had done to the French at Verdun, the Allies inflicted on them at the Somme.
Four And A Half Month's Of Fighting, Little Gain
Written by Mike
The Allied Battlefield on the Somme. Showing approximately by the shaded areas the Franco-British gains from July 1 to September 18, 1916
In the four and a half months of the Battle of the Somme very little ground was gained. Where it was, it upset a firmly held German principle not to give up anything.
The result was that every Allied gain was followed by an immediate German counter-attack. If that failed, another was immediately started.
The result was every yard of ground had to be fought over repeatedly.
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