BATTLEFIELD

Interactivity allows views and approaches to information in ways both unique and formerly not possible. An example of this is the Battlefield Section of the Somme site.

The battle lasted a little more than five months. Most of the fighting took place on a front no larger than twenty miles. Each day brought its list of casualties, each day brought a change in weather, a change--though modest--in front line positions.

The Battlefield Section will allow the user to move along the timeline of the battle with the details changing according to the date the user picks. Links to different pieces of material and different sections of the site will also change. In this way the user can get an idea of the progress of events in a way he or she completely controls.