Mariah - By early April 1917 the underground city was open.The British and Canadian troops moved in and at 5.30 a.m. on Easter Monday, an enormous explosion ripped through the air.Nearly forty thousand Allied troops were killed in the Battle of Arras. But without the underground cave system, many more might have died. Extra sources:
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- When did the battle of Arras happen? Who was involved?
On 9 of April 1917 to 16 of April 1917.
- How long was the battle supposed to last?
Between 18 months and two years
- Why was this battle so important to the war?
To break the stalemate to get across no mans land.
- How many Allied soldiers died in this battle? Nearly 40 thousand allies died
- How were many Allied soldiers able to be saved? (hint: remember what else they built in the caves..) the Allied were saved because they built a hospital in the caves to save some soldiers.
- How many German soldiers died in this battle? 150,000
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- What was the new task the soldiers of the NZ Tunnelling company did? Why was this task important? Havrincourt Bridge, they build roads, gun post
- How was this new job dangerous, in a way they hadn’t experienced before? Shooting, digging, mining, supporting, defending. They were above ground instead of below ground.
- Once the Germans started retreating, what was the NZ soldiers new job? They had to find landmines there called boobytraps.
- Why did these soldiers stay in Europe much longer than other soldiers?
To check if the enemy might come back and guard.
- How is the work these soldiers did remembered in Arras?
Museum and memorial.
Talofa Mariah!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your work and teaching me about the Battle of Arras. I didn't know about any of this, but now I do! Awesome Ako! I love how you have answered the questions in your own words too - no copy and paste here.
Keep up the good work!