What was the terrian like of the battle of the Somme?

Answer 1

The conditions were awful, especially in winter and wet summers, the soldiers could be wading around up to their waste in mud and dirty water, rats were often found and many diseases spread such as trench foot which often ended with amputation of the lower legs.

Answer 2

the conditions were very bad there was a disease called trench foot where soldiers foot would have all puss in it and couldn't put their in their boot so they had to be sent home.soldiers were faking having trench foot so they could be sent back home!!

Answer 3

It was generally very flat coastal plain. All along the western front, at the period of the war when the trenches were being built, the Germans pulled back to the best ground in the area - even a small height was better than the flat land in front of it - and built there. The allies had to close up to the German positions and dig theirs opposite, usually on lower ground, much more prone to remaining waterlogged. There was an ancient drainage system in the area of the Somme, built to keep farm fields dry, which was either destroyed by shellfire or sabotaged by the Germans to keep the British areas waterlogged seas of mud.