![]() ![]() "Haig needed a breakthrough to boost the flagging spirits of a country still in principle fully behind the war, patriotic and pressing for military victory." After a meeting with the French Commander-in-Chief, Joseph Joffre, it was decided to mount a joint offensive where the British and French lines joined on the Western Front. Morale in Britain was at an all-time low. Although Joffre was concerned with territorial gain, it was also an attempt to destroy German manpower. The idea originally came from the French Commander-in-Chief, Joseph Joffre and was accepted by General Douglas Haig, the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) commander, despite his preference for a large attack in Flanders. The Battle of the Somme was planned as a joint French and British operation.
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