1. Good Afternoon!!! NVC Finish Soldier Poetry
Battle of the Somme: Trench Warfare in Action
Essential Question: Who won the first day of the Battle of the Somme?
Homework: WWI Project DUE April 2/3

2. Soldier Poetry Warm-Up
How did the attitudes of soldiers fighting in WWI change between 1914 and 1915?
Be sure to address the two poems we read on Tuesday!

3. Soldier Poetry “How do you fight? “In Flanders Fields”
“Dulce et Decorum est”

4. Transition…
What were some of the dangers soldiers encountered in trench warfare? List as many as you can!

5. 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

6. 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

7. Central Historical Question
Who won the first day of the Battle of the Somme?
Day One Casualties:
8, German
7, French
57,470 British