Critics suggest that ineffective and callous British generals ordered their soldiers forward in fruitless and costly attacks, giving them neither proper weapons nor effective tactics to break through the enemy trenches. The Somme was one of the war’s longest attritional campaigns, and remains a source of great historical controversy. By the time the battle ended, each side had suffered more than 600,000 casualties. The British pressed the attack for months, well into the fall.
Despite the limited Allied gains, German forces had also suffered horribly. The first day of the Somme was a catastrophe for the British Army and a shock for all the Allies.
Within 30 minutes, the regiment suffered a crippling 324 killed and 386 wounded out of a total of 801 soldiers. No Canadian infantry units participated in this attack but, at Beaumont Hamel, the 1st Newfoundland Regiment, attached to a British division, was cut down on 1 July by German machine-gun fire as it attacked over open ground. The first day of the Somme battle was a disaster, with nearly 60,000 casualties. They were met instead by terrible fire from rifles, artillery, and machine-guns seemingly unhurt by the bombardment. A Disastrous First Day, A Catastrophic Battleīritish troops went “over the top” on 1 July 1916 expecting, after the fury of their own barrage, an easy walk onto the German lines. Because of this, many German machine-gun positions and dugouts remained largely unscathed, and deep rows of barbed wire uncleared. Others lacked fuses sensitive enough to explode on contact with barbed wire, which further reduced the bombardment’s effectiveness. Many of the hundreds of thousands of British shells fired before the attack were inoperative “duds” due to quality control problems in their manufacture. The German defenders along the Somme had constructed deep dugouts that were difficult to find, much less to destroy with artillery fire. As a result, British and other imperial forces, under the command of Sir Douglas Haig, assumed responsibility for most of the front. The joint Allied offensive planned for French forces to play a prominent role, but heavy casualties at Verdun reduced their ability to participate. German Defences Unscathed by Artillery Barrages
Allied commanders sought to relieve pressure on the French defenders of Verdun to the south by inflicting heavy losses on German forces farther north and drawing German reserves into the battle. At least for now i can upload it and see what people think.The four-month Battle of the Somme was fought from 1 July to 18 November 1916.
1ST BATTLE OF VERDUN HOW TO
One cannot appreciate the view from so high up in the preview image, because of draw distance.i really want to learn how to script to make it more complete but that time will come later. I'm not the best at map making and haven't really done it a lot before, but i'm learning more and more every day and i love making maps based on real places. I've always found a fascination with the battle itself and wanted something that reflected the region to a degree.sure one could make just a flat map with a lot of trenches and craters and call it Verdun but i wanted something a bit more towards the real life look of it. Figured i'd upload it for fun and work on it some more as time allows. It's a recreation of a rough area of the Meuse river i'm making for Multiplayer, it's one of my first serious maps i'm sitting down and making so it needs a lot of love.
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