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These are things that we found interesting that are not necesarily linked to The Battle of Somme, while we were searching for things on our project. |
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"Loose lips sink ships"
- After the Battle of Somme and many other disasters involving the leaking of information, the Governments of the different British Allies started releasing different posters warning soldiers that revealing plans to any one who is close to them, could still spell out tragedy for the rest of the troops overseas.
(These posters are from WW2) |
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- In a truely surprising of goodwill, both the German and British sides put down their guns and met halfway in no-mans land for Christmas to celebtate in the holiday spirit. A truly rare moment that only happened once, in the first year of war, in the front lines of the southern portions of Ypres Salient.
~ http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa122100a.htm
~ http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/interviews/fussell3.html
*** To find out more in depth coverage about this interesting fact go to*** http://www.fylde.demon.co.uk/xmas.htm |
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- The Journey through the Dead Marshes in 'The Lord of the Rings' was in fact a description of the experiences that J.R.R. Tolkienin had faced while fighting in the Battle of Somme.
During that First World War Tolkien was a second leutenant in the 11th Lancashire Fusiliers. He served in action as Batallion Signalling Officer. From July 14th 1916 on he particated in the Battle of the Somme (on the first of July, when the battle started, his battalion remained in reserve) The actual text wasn't a description of the actual Battle of Somme. It was more of his interpretation of the battle that had been fought in Flanders fields, that many of his friends fought in.
~ http://www.lordoftherings.4mg.com/battlesomme.htm |
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How the tank got its name
When they were shipping the tanks to the battlefield, they didn't want the enemy to know what they were so they labelled the cantainers that the amoured vehicles were in, water tanks.
~My Dad |
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- Are you looking for information about the Battle of Somme but just can't get a realistic picture of what the landscape was really like? Go to the Battle of Somme virtual tours.
?http://www.somme1916.freeserve.co.uk/pages/ST1.html |
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- During the Great war many land mines were dug into the ground, unfortunately though because digging land mines is not an exact thing, many bombs were left in the earth even when the battle had finished. today farmers, consruction workers, and just regular people unearth these mines, with the risk of loseing lims, and worst of all their life. one of the most incredible evidence of these dangerous weapons can be shown on the battle field of the battle of somme where a tunnel containing two charges of 24,000lb and 36,000lb of ammonal and debris rose some 4,000 feet into the air when it exploded leaving a crater 300 feet across and 90 feet deep.
to find out more info on iron harvests please visit this site.
http://freespace.virgin.net/webmaster.tbl/page107.html |
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-The Battle of the Somme is one of the bloodiest battle on record that was ever fought on Earth to this day |
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