The battle of the Somme was not a pleasant one. A lot of death and sadness, a lot of bombs, shots and artillery being fired from different directions of the battle.  This battle started with the Germans invading France. There was 700,000 French deaths before the British came, and when we did come, 200,000 more French died along with over 400,000 British soldiers willing to sacrifice their life to save the French civilisation. The British were bombing no mans land and trying their hardest to wipe up the Germans. The attack started on 1st July 1916. Haig has even said that in June ( A month before the battle) There was no Training sessions or Commanders. So they must of worked hard to win this battle