What are the combatants for the battle of Somme's?

The factual answer is that it was the British and French troops against the Germans. Who DID NOT fight in the Battle of the Somme (not Somme's), you ask? read more

Near the end of June, with the Battle of Verdun still raging, Britain prepared for its major offensive along a 21-mile stretch of the Western Front north of the Somme River. For a week, the British bombarded the German trenches as a prelude to the attack. read more

The battle was one of the largest battles in world war one, understood to be one of the bloodiest military operations ever recorded, Lloyd George called the battle of the Somme: 'The most gigantic, tenacious, grim, futile and bloody fight ever waged in the history or war'. read more

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 France against the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both sides of the upper reaches of the River Somme in France. read more