Trench Warfare at its worst - Battle of Somme 1916

Go to this web-site for 1918 battlefield artifacts! Perhaps the most realistic montage of what trench war looked like in the First World War. This is a glimpse of a French attack near the Somme in 1916. An example of tactics being surpassed by technology. A horrific price to pay. At first glance, the reaction is what madness and stupidity. It is hard to not to come to such a conclusion, however, I am hard pressed to think of what could have been done differently at