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Although the British army's dream was shattered on the first day of Somme , they did not give up. Instead, they insisted on fighting for more than 140 days. The series of attacks launched by the British army not only shocked the enemy, but also caused the German troops to lose many experienced veterans.
Today we will introduce to you the consumption of the Somme River during World War I.
Although it was unfavorable to go out on the first day of the war, the British army refused to end the battle in the Somme region. The Allies needed to use this method to disperse the German army's forces, especially when the French army of Verdun was facing a catastrophe, the British army could not retreat in the face of the battle. Under such circumstances, the British army, who suffered heavy losses, survived on the Somme until the winter of that year. At that time, all division-level troops of the British Expeditionary Force in France participated in the combat in the region, and many of them fought more than one battle. It should be noted that the "Somme Battle" is a generalized concept, including a series of offensives from early July to the end of November. Specifically, the entire battle starts with the Battle of Albert from July 1 to 13, and ends after the Battle of the Anker River from November 13 to 18. The biggest offensive launched by the British army was that of July 1. The subsequent attack was not only small in scale, but also the target of the attack was not that important.
The British casualties in the Battle of Albert were soon lost by the losses of other battles: July 23 to September 3, the Battle of Pochills began: September 26 to 28, the battle of Xipava began: October 1 to 11, the battle of Anker Heights broke out. During these outbreaks of battles along the Albert-Bapom Highway, the British army eroded the German positions little by little. From September 15 to 22, the British army activated tanks for the first time in the Battle of Verus Caslet. Although many crews were defeated not long after boarding the battlefield, it caused great panic to the German army. Many soldiers fled in scattered areas, and the British army that took the opportunity to follow up easily occupied their positions.
The official end of this battle was November 14, and more than 140 days have passed since the first round of attacks on July 1. Although countless British New Army volunteers died in vain on the first day of the war, only 400,000 of the 1.3 million casualties and missing people in the entire battle were British soldiers, so overall, the Allies won. After nearly five months of confrontation, the British and French coalition forces advanced 10 kilometers ahead of the front line, but there was still 6.5 kilometers between the coalition forces in the northern section of the line of fire and Babom, and they could not reach the position that should have been seized on the day of the war. However, since the British army launched the Battle of the Somme only dispersed some German firepower for Verdun's French army, the Allies had won since the moment when the former German chief of staff Fakinghan sent the first force to the Somme region.
After the Battle of the Somme, the German army was shrouded in a shadow from top to bottom. The generals felt that Germany's combat advantage had disappeared with the disappearance of 650,000 lives, which made them very frustrated; the soldiers' morale was greatly reduced because of the large number of veterans who were the "backbone" of the troops. In addition, due to excessive investment in the Somme and Verdun battlefields, Germany began to face a serious military crisis. At this time, the wrong quick-choice of the Supreme Command further pushed the German army to the brink of collapse.
The position of Chief of Staff of Germany changed hands in August. At this time, the former Third Commander-in-Chief, Field Marshal Hindenburg and Ludendolf Generals. These two men planned to build a new defense line 32 kilometers after the German army's original fortifications on the Western Front battlefield. In this way, the length of the German frontier positions could be greatly shortened, thus saving a lot of defense forces. Based on this concept, the construction of the "Hindenburg Line of Defense" began in September. Its construction marked the formation of the German dual-line combat pattern, and this strategic deployment also means that the German army will not be able to launch a general offensive on the Western Front again.
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