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The Battle of the Somme (French: Bataille de la Somme; German: Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a major battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire.
- Second Battle of The Somme
The Second Battle of the Somme of 1918 was fought during the...
- First Day on The Somme
The first day on the Somme (1 July 1916) was the beginning...
- Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun (French: Bataille de Verdun [bataj də...
- Thiepval Memorial to The Missing of The Somme
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war...
- Battle of Delville Wood
The Battle of Delville Wood (15 July – 3 September 1916) was...
- Chantilly Conference
Held from July 7, 1915, the first inter-allied military...
- Fromelles
The Attack at Fromelles (French pronunciation: (Battle of...
- Talk
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- Douglas Haig
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM,...
- Somme River
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- Second Battle of The Somme
Nov 12, 2009 · The Battle of the Somme was a deadly Allied offensive against German forces along the Western Front of World War I, near the Somme River in France.
The First Battle of the Somme took place July 1–November 13, 1916, during World War I. It was a costly and largely unsuccessful Allied offensive on the Western Front. The horrific bloodshed on the first day of the battle became a metaphor for futile and indiscriminate slaughter.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The first day on the Somme (1 July 1916) was the beginning of the Battle of Albert (1–13 July) the name given by the British to the first two weeks of the Battle of the Somme (1 July–18 November) in the First World War.
The Battle of the Somme took place in World War I. The battle began on 1 July 1916, and ended on 18 November 1916. The battle was named after the French River Somme where it was fought. On the first day the British Army had 57,470 casualties, of whom 19,240 were killed.
The Battle of the Somme was an offensive fought on the Western Front during World War I from 1 July to 18 November 1916 as one of the greatest engagements of the war. It was fought between French, British and Dominion forces and the German Empire in the Somme River valley and vicinity in northern France.
The Battle of the Somme (1 July - 18 November 1916) was a joint operation between British and French forces intended to achieve a decisive victory over the Germans on the Western Front. For many in Britain, the resulting battle remains the most painful and infamous episode of the First World War.
