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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book Discussion On The Great War 20131224

Volunteers started to come into play also. By 1916 during the battle of the somme, the army was mostly volunteers with remnants of the professional and territorial divisions. This is the general, the chief architect of the battle of the somme. Here he is Walking Around his chateau. Every morning he would take a four minute walk around the chateau, precisely timed. Interesting man vilified by a lot of historians and then a rehabilitated by a lot of historians. My opinion of him is rather low but i try to be neutral about how i show him. There he is riding a horse in the front. Everyday he would also take a ride if he could with the 17th lancers which is a unit that he used to command because the general was in calgary officer and he believed in the calgary three at the battle of the somme was to relieve pressure on the french fighting against the germans. His idea was after a massive bombardment basically an unprecedented bombardme ....

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