WASHINGTON – The walk began at 7:30 a.m., July 1, 1916, when British infantry advanced toward German trenches. Eight British soldiers fell per second. By nightfall 19,240 were dead, another 38,230 ...
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 ...
Church bells rang in villages across a patch of northern France on Saturday, marking the moment 90 years ago that launched one of history’s bloodiest episodes, the Battle of the Somme. The poignant ...
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How the Somme exposed the horrors of trench warfare
This video illustrates the catastrophic scale of the Battle of the Somme, the deadliest campaign of World War One. Animated maps and visuals show how the offensive unfolded across fortified trenches ...
A British soldier’s battered World War I diary recounting the bloody Battle of the Somme has been discovered in a U.K. barn. The diary, which was written in pencil by Private Arthur Edward Diggens of ...
The mine exploded on schedule at 7:20 a.m., 100 years ago, July 1, 1916. British sappers had tunneled for months under the no man's land separating the Allied British-French trenches from those of the ...
International ceremonies are being held today to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme's final day. Around 2,000 guests will gather in the northern French village of Thiepval, which has been ...
Map showing River Somme and surrounding area © Go to: Animated Map: Battle of the Somme. The invasion of 1914 left great tracts of French and Belgian territory in ...
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