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...
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The Second Battle of the Somme of 1918 was fought during the First World War on the Western Front from late August to early September, in the basin of...
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The Battle of the Somme (US title, Kitchener's Great Army in the Battle of the Somme), is a 1916 British documentary and propaganda war film, shot by two...
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This is the order of battle for the Battle of the Somme. The Battle of the Somme was an offensive fought on the Western Front during World War I from...
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The Battle of the Somme most commonly refers to the Anglo-French offensive in 1916 during World War I. The campaign was later divided into a series of...
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the particularly significant Battle of the Somme in 1916. As a result of this and other battles fought in the area, the department is home to many military...
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The first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916, was the beginning of the Battle of Albert (1–13 July), the name given by the British to the first two weeks of...
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the high ground of the former Arrouaise Forest [fr] at Fonsomme near Saint-Quentin, to the Bay of the Somme, in the English Channel. It lies in the geological...
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Operation Michael (redirect from First Battle of the Somme (1918))
fought over was the wilderness left by the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The action was therefore officially named by the British Battles Nomenclature Committee...
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position commanded a vast field of fire. Similar positions had resisted capture for two months in the Battle of the Somme. The Australians had used surprise...
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