July 1, 1916, marked the beginning of a nearly five-months-long fight on the banks of the Somme river in northern France. By the time the battle ended on Nov. 18, French, British and German forces had ...
This article was originally published in The Conversation. Read the original article. The British offensive on the Somme began on July 1, 1916. After 20 weeks, they had advanced six miles. The German ...
The Somme, a quiet river that meanders across northwest France, lent its name to four battles, from 1914 to 1918. The second and greatest — fought in the lush fields of Picardy — lasted 4½ months and ...
IT may be the only battle of the 20th century whose name is instantly recognisable, even to those who have never opened a history book. Political historian Dr Éamon Phoenix reflects on the Battle of ...
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On July 1, 1916, the first shots were fired in what would become one of the bloodiest engagements in human history, the 141-day Battle of the Somme. It was nearly two years into what was then being ...
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On this first day of July, exactly 100 years ago, the peoples of the British Empire suffered the greatest military disaster in their history. A century later, “the Somme” remains the most harrowing ...
Very successful attack this morning… All went like clockwork… The battle is going very well for us and already the Germans are surrendering freely … – Haig, on day one of the Somme: 19,000 British ...
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