| Douglas Haig was the British General who planned and executed the Battle of the Somme, July 1, 1916-March 21, 1917. Reflecting on hundreds of thousands of British casualties, he wrote (De Groot, 1989): "Credit must be paid to the splendid young officers who were able time and time again to attack these tremendous positions. To many it meant certain death, and all must have known that before they started."
CERTAIN DEATH: Asking men to get out of trenches and to run into machine-gun fire and artillery shells. The behavior of Islamic suicide bombers also results in "certain death."
The efforts of the Middle-Eastern suicide bombers, however are trivial compared with the efforts of the soldiers of the First World War. 1914-1918: AN ENDLESS SERIES OF SUICIDE ATTACKS, resulting in the deaths of nine-million men.
Historians know what occurred during the First World War, yet at the same time they do not know; or do not dare to say what they know.
Fear and trembling, sickness unto death. |
