Battle of the Somme
Battle of Somme is a historical battle that occurred during the first world war. It took place for at least five months from 1st July to 18th November 1916 (Brown,2014). The first day was significant. Many events unfolded, and the attack on that particular day was intense. What was least expected happened and had an impact on the following period of the war?
Mainly the war was between Germany and the British. However, being a world war troop of different countries such as South Africa, French, New Zealand, and Canada were involved. Having bombarded against each other several, the outcome of the war was unpredictable. Otto Lais, a gun machiner, explained his experience on a fateful day. The British army smashed into their adversary territory (Gehring,2014). The soldiers were courageous and fired continuously. Undeterred by the soldiers who were already down, they still charged forward. The machine gun had an obstruction, and tension was among the soldiers. Unfortunately, in the period of the firing, Gunner Schwarz is shot and dies on the spot. A gunner feeds the machine he reloads. It is ready for the retreat. The obstruction is no more, and the gunner fires. The action of the machine gun was big tit was heard across the division front. Avenge of the gunner makes the British troop bleed to death.
A cloudless sky and having sunshine and mist was the weather that day. Having experienced the precedent of the event, Otto described that at six o’clock, the guns were roaring thorough in the night preceding the war. The goal is that neither the British nor the German could lose the battle to its foe. A strategic plan of how the German troop could leap from their trenches and attack their adversary was at 7 o’clock. The courageous German soldiers decided to have the face of the battle to close quarters. At 10 o’clock, a message was given to attack the Fricourt, La Boiselle, and Marmetz vigorously, and it finally happened.
The seen of the German attack was intense; they had their avenge at hand. The foes troops devasted, and multiple soldiers died. The attack was brutally repulsed; hundreds of the soldiers lied in the lifeless. Most of them were at the 37th bridge. Like fish caught on a net, their bp\odies lied in the ground of the border. They lied in grotesque postures, some seemed to be praying on their knees, and the wire was the one preventing them from their fall. Their bodies spread out, showing the gravity of the attack. The gaps in the fences at the time of the attack were small.
The barbed wire in the German’s border was so dense it seemed it had enhanced for months. The German soldiers felt they had paid off.No; one could have presumed that the attackers could have lost. The stiff barbed wire in the Germans territory could not allow any intruder in their compound. The powerful binoculars were able to see the attackers strategically. It could not be destroyed by fire; it was active. Undoubtedly the best always wins the battle.
From the above, it is evident that the German troops were strategic, and on the first day of the war, 360,000 British soldiers died. Even though there were casualties from the German soldiers, they finally won. Their decisive battles of undertaking the way made them victorious.