Battle of Somme
The battle of the Somme took place in the North- East of France on the 1st of July 1916. Before the battle of the Somme started there was a lot to prepare such as getting the troops signed up in 1914. Many of these people didn’t know what was going to come and joined up to impress neighbours, friends and family and for King, Country and empire.
Men joined up from all different countries in Britain’s empire these were South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, India and Ireland. They believed that it would be over by Christmas they didn’t think that 91% of the soldiers would be killed or injured or that they were signing up for a death sentence.