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How did the british planned to attack the germans at somme

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Answer from: huwoman

A week long artillery bombardment would destroy the German trench system,kill all the defenders,and allow the attacking British troops to take over the empty German defences from where they could initiate a drive on Berlin that would end the war.

The plan failed.The bombardment was largely ineffective,in many places not even cutting the German barbed wire.German troops sat out the bombardment in the safety of stollen,deep underground concrete and steel bunkers designed and built for this purpose.

As soon as the bombardment ended,the German troops were able to man their largely intact trenches and shoot down the advancing British,exposed in No Man's Land,long before they got anywhere near the German trenches. After 4 and a half months,a strip of land 20 miles long and,at its furthest penetration, 7 miles deep had been captured at the cost of 420,000 British casualties and over 200,000 French casualties.

So,the British plan was a disastrous failure.

Answer from: Dericktopsom

The French and British had committed themselves to an offensive on the Somme during Allied discussions at Chantilly, Oise, in December 1915. The Alliesagreed upon a strategy of combined offensives against the Central Powers in 1916, by the French, Russian, British and Italian armies, with the Somme offensive as the Franco-British contribution. Initial plans called for the French army to undertake the main part of the Somme offensive, supported on the northern flank by the Fourth Army of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). When the Imperial German Army began the Battle of Verdun on the Meuse on 21 February 1916, French commanders diverted many of the divisions intended for the Somme and the "supporting" attack by the British became the principal effort.

Answer from: Quest

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although most of this information sounds good for them, bad for us, there are some weaknesses from their plan. the people are still having issues with taxes and trading goods, they also don't have a main leader such as a chief or a president. they also have trouble with currency. the states are printing out so much money the national currency is beginning to be worthless. so things are getting hard to handle over here.

some of the americans like the new government and think that even if they could ask about changing it they would be ignored. daniel shays got a group of people who hated the new government and decided to attack. this could become either worse or better.

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Answer from: Quest

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