Question

What happened on the first day of the Battle of Somme and which side won that first day?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

On the first the German 2nd army won and there was a big defeat it happened rom Foucaucourt-en-Santerre south of the Somme to Maricourt on the north bank and by the Fourth Army from Maricourt to the vicinity of the Albert–Bapaume road.

Answer 2

The first day of the Battle of the Somme, in northern France, was the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army and one of the most infamous days of World War One. On 1 July 1916, the British forces suffered 57,470 casualties, including 19,240 fatalities. They gained just three square miles of territory. The British captured just three square miles of territory on the first day. Britain hoped to make the decisive blow against Germany on the banks of the Somme river in northern France after two years of stalemate in the trenches.

Step-by-step explanation: