The Battle of the Somme 1916
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The Battle of the Somme 1916: Coursework Assignment 1) What can you learn from Source A about what life was like in the trenches during the Great War? Source A's provenance tells us that it is a secondary, written text taken from a book about trench warfare. The book was written by an English historian and published in 1976. This suggests that the text is about the allied experience and that it was for a British audience. It must also be noted that the date is 60 years after the war, or more precisely, the Somme. It can be considered that the book was published in significance to the 60th anniversary to the Somme. The length of the text also suggests that it is just an introduction and therefore not as much detail would be given. The tone of the source is informative and quite downbeat. After reading it, it seems as...


