Battle of the Somme - Wikipedia The Battle of the Somme (French: Bataille de la Somme; German: Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Republic against the German Empire
Battle of the Somme: Casualties Who Won | HISTORY 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
What Was the Battle of the Somme? | Imperial War Museums The Battle of the Somme (1 July - 18 November 1916) was a joint operation between British and French forces intended to achieve a decisive victory over the Germans on the Western Front
Somme (river) - Wikipedia Most famously, the Battle of the Somme, during World War I, lasted from July to November 1916 and resulted in more than a million casualties Private A S Bullock in his wartime memoir recalled his first sight of it in early April 1918: " we reached a small place called Hengest sur Somme
Battle of the Somme - National Army Museum The 1916 Somme offensive was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the First World War (1914-18) The opening day of the attack, 1 July 1916, saw the British Army sustain 57,000 casualties, the bloodiest day in its history
Somme River | Location, Map, World War I, World War II . . . The upper basin of the Somme was the scene of heavy fighting during World War I, particularly the First Battle of the Somme (July–November 1916) The valley was occupied by the Germans in May–June 1940 in World War II and was recovered by the Allies in August 1944
The Battle of the Somme in Historical Pictures The Battle of the Somme was one of the costliest battles of World War I The original Allied estimate of casualties on the Somme, made at the Chantilly Conference on 15 November 1916, was 485,000 British and French casualties and 630,000 German
What Happened During The Battle Of The Somme? The Battle of the Somme (1 July - 18 November 1916) was a joint operation between British and French forces intended to achieve a decisive victory over the Germans on the Western Front after 18 months of trench deadlock