Haig decides to attack along the river somme to distract the Germans from verdun and help build the morale of the french

420,000 British people died (in this battle) including 60,000 in this day alone. The French lost 200,000 men and Germans lost nearly 500,000. The reason why the British had to help was because the French has lost 700,000 before the battle

After heavy French casualties at the City of vurden, The Allies needed

 

The britsh began a five day artillery on the front line of German front lines

The battle of verdun looked very grusume and horrid, people running around no mans land getting shot and hiding behind anything possible. Weather that be a dead body if necessary. There was a machine gun turret which someone took out with a grenade.

Many people died, and at the end the soldiers berried the bodies.

Planes were bombing the no mans land and most of them crashed into no mans land causing big explosions.

This battle was the time when the first tank was introduced.