HowTwoGreatConflictsHelpedtoChangeEurope
NinetyyearsagoonasunnymorninginNorthernFrance,somethinghappenedthatchangedB.retainandEuropeforevenAthalfpastsevenonthemorningofJuly1,1916,whistles(哨子)blewandthousandsofBritishsoldierslefttheirpositionstoattacktheirGermanenemies.Bytheendoftheday,20,000ofthemweredead,andanother30,000woundedormissing.TheBattleoftheSomme,_________(51)itiscalled,lastedforsixmonths.When,itended,125,000Britishsoldiersweredead.Theyhadgainedfivekilometersofground.