In 1916, the Battles at Verdun and the Somme Not

question 65

Multiple Choice

In 1916, the battles at Verdun and the Somme not only accounted for more than two million soldiers dead and wounded, but they also reflected

• A) France and Britain's confidence that the United States would enter the war.
• B) the fact that the Schlieffen Plan had finally been discredited and abandoned.
• C) Germany's determination to defend the industrial region along the Rhine River and the Saar basin.
• D) military leaders' belief that the war could be won by persistent overwhelming assaults.

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