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Somme (French pronunciation: ⓘ; 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.
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.
- Inconclusive
- Bulge driven into the Noyon salient
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Somme 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.
The Somme department is situated to the west of the Picardy region of north-east France. It is perhaps useful to consider the department as falling into three regions, with Abbeville to the west; the region around Amiens to the east; and thirdly the coastal regions and resorts. Coastal Somme.
Somme is a department found in the north of France in the Hauts-de-France region. Its prefecture is Amiens. Its population is about 559,000 (2006 estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution . Category: Somme.
HISTORY. A Bold New History of the Battle of the Somme. British generals have long been seen as the bunglers of the deadly conflict, but a revisionist look argues that a U.S. general was the real...
Nov 12, 2009 · The Battle of the Somme, which took place from July to November 1916, began as an Allied offensive against German forces along the Western Front of World War I, near the Somme River in France.
