The Battle of the Somme in the First World War was the bloodiest day of the British Army. Nearly 60,000 casualties were suffered as German machine guns and artillery tore into the advancing troops. Field Marshal Haig has been seen as a butcher of WWI, but is this a fair assessment?
Could the British have attacked better?
What mistakes were made?
Were the casualties acceptable as the battle succeeded in taking the pressure of the French army at Verdun?
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