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Who was the General in charge of the Vimy Ridge campaign in 1917?
How many heavy guns pounded the German positions in the week leading up to the Battle?
Poison gas dissolved your lungs and made you cough up...?
What do we call the daily ritual of firing at the enemy at sunrise?
How did the Germans survive the massive bombardment before the Battle of the Somme?
By the Autumn of 1916, how many men were being taken out of the army with frostbite and trenchfoot?
Who was the army chaplain who set up Talbot House as refuge for soldiers on leave in Poperinghe?
In 1916, the British were hoping to push 10 miles from Albert (in British hands) to which town in German hands?
Who was the name given to the last line of German defence in World War One?
What new weapon was used for the first time at this point in the Battle of the Somme?
What were the names of the two woods which held up the next attacks?
What nickname was given to the punishment of tying a soldier to the wheel of a heavy cannon as it was firing?Crucifixion
How many mines were also laid deep under the German positions?
What was the legacy of the war for the soldiers that survived?
a self-inflicted wound that soldiers made themselves in hopes of being sent back home.
Where is the best place to start a tour of the Somme?
This place lies safe behind the front lines in Allied territory, this is where most soldiers would go to recover.
When your feet are long enough in the mud, they turn icy and feel numb
how many men were involved in the initial attack?
They were a battalion of volunteers, they were recruited by the towns Lord Mayor in response of Lord ... for men. They believe that their country needed them. They represented the community, miners, engineers, textile workers, etc...