Nov 4, 2014
Entry Twelve
November 1916
The British army has asked us to join them in a surprise attack at the northern end of the Somme Front. I am not please by this decision as we are required to disrupt the lives of the innocent. But then again, is anyone innocent during war?
The Battle of the Somme ends upon the first snowfall as the British and French decide to cease the offensive. By now, the Germans have been pushed back just a few miles along the entire 15-mile front, but the major breakthrough the Allies had planned never occurred. Both sides each suffered over 600,000 casualties during the five-month battle. Among the injured German soldiers is Corporal Adolf Hitler, wounded by shrapnel.