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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.
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Sep 20, 2023 · Guide to Somme Department ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
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Somme ( French pronunciation: [sɔm] ⓘ; Picard: Sonme) is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Hauts-de-France region. It is bordered by Pas-de-Calais and Nord to the north, Aisne to the east, Oise to the south and Seine-Maritime to the southwest.
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.
Jun 29, 2016 · By its conclusion , 310,486 British soldiers had been killed at the Somme with a more than a million casualties on both sides.
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May 1, 2018 · The campaign, staged along an 18-mile stretch around the Somme River in France, was a joint French and British offensive to expel German forces. The location and timing of the attack was also ...
Jul 1, 2016 · One hundred years ago today, the Battle of the Somme began. The battle lasted five months, and it would kill nearly 1 million men.
