my topic for my assigned blog was over second battle of the Somme. it was a battle that had happened during the first world war during the year 1918, and it had taken place in the western front in the basin of the somme River. The battle was also called the Battle of Saint-Quentin.
The German commander, General Erich Ludendorff thought that the Germans should be able to use the the troups that were freed from the Eastern front for them to use in winning the battle in the spring of 1918. Before the Americans had got there with many troupes so they would not end up reinforcing the war. The first thing he had done in trying to start something was say something about the British army were directly nor of the river. The Germans had went to the British trenches and had gassed them all out before a attack that was going to happen that morning, which they had nor seen coming what soever. Then the British army had to retreat and the Germans had kept going after them.
The Germans had taken over 40,000 miles and almost 70,000 prisoners from the British
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Somme_%281918%29#Battle
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