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Good Morning!. Collect Propaganda Activity/Debrief Friday NVC Warm-up: Trench Warfare Case Study: Battle of the Somme Essential Question : Who won the first day of the Battle of the Somme? Homework : Research paper thesis due TUESDAY. Warm-Up: Trench Warfare. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Good Morning!1. Collect Propaganda Activity/Debrief Friday
2. NVC
3. Warm-up: Trench Warfare
4. Case Study: Battle of the Somme
Essential Question: Who won the first day of the Battle of the Somme?Homework: Research paper thesis due TUESDAY
Warm-Up: Trench Warfare
• What were some of the dangers soldiers encountered in trench warfare? List as many as you can!
Battle of the Somme• 1916 Britain and France
plan to break the stalemate– Somme Offensive: plan to
push Germany out of northern France (occupied since 1914)
• Battle of the Somme: begins July 1, 1916 and lasts four months– 1.2 million soldiers dead– Britain and France win back
6 miles of land
Significance of the Somme• A Turning Point?
– German war effort greatly weakened
• One of bloodiest battles in human history– machine guns, artillery,
landmines, gas, and first ever usage of tanks
– “Somme. The whole history of the world cannot contain a more ghastly word.” —Friedrich Steinbrecher
Central Historical Question
Who won the first day of the Battle of the Somme?
Day One Casualties:
• 8, 000 German• 7, 000 French• 57,470 British