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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.
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. Wet winter weather finally put an end after 140 days of fighting...
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The Battle of the Somme. Began on 1 July 1916 and was fought along a 15-mile front near the River Somme in northern France. 19,240 British soldiers died on the first day - the bloodiest in...
Jun 16, 2016 · It was death on an industrial scale. There were 420,000 British casualties alone in the Battle of the Somme - the price paid for moving the front line just four and a half miles (7.2km ...
Jun 29, 2016 · Many French soldiers died alongside their British allies at the bloody Battle of the Somme, but the conflict is overshadowed in France by Verdun, says Hugh Schofield.
Jul 1, 2021 · How Many Died at the Somme? Both sides endured many casualties. After the first day of fighting, 19,240 British men were killed, in one of the largest losses in the history of the British army. In total, over a million British, Commonwealth, French and German soldiers died. Battle of the Somme Today
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