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The Battle of the Somme






The military leaders

Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE, ADC, (born 19 June 1861 - died 29 January 1928) was a British senior officer during World War I. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from 1915 to the end of the War. He was commander during the Battle of the Somme, the battle with one of the highest casualties in British military history, the Third Battle of Ypres, and the Hundred Days Offensive, which led to the armistice in 1918.

Ferdinand Foch

Ferdinand Foch
Marshal Ferdinand Foch, GCB, OM, DSO (born 2 October 1851 - died 20 March 1929), was a French soldier, military theorist, and First World War hero credited with possessing "the most original and subtle mind in the French army" in the early 20th century.
Foch's prestige soared as a result of the 1914 victory at the Marne for which he was widely credited as the chief actor while commanding the French Ninth Army. This led to his promotion to Marshal of France and ultimately "Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies" in 1918, at which time he played a decisive role in halting a renewed German advance on Paris in the Second Battle of the Marne.

Max von Gallwitz

Max von Gallwitz
Max Karl Wilhelm von Gallwitz (born 2 May 1852 - died 18 April 1937) was a German general from Breslau (Wroclaw), Silesia, who served with distinction during World War I on both the Eastern and Western Fronts

Fritz von Below
Fritz Wilhelm Theodor Karl von Below (born 23 September 1853 in Danzig (Gdansk); died 23 November 1918 in Weimar) was a Prussian general in the German Army during the First World War.




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