The Battle of the Somme was an attack by the French and English forces against the Empire of Germany in 1916 on the banks of the Somme river during WWI. The overarching "Battle of the Somme" can be further broken down into several battles. read more
The World War I Battle of the Somme, which began on July 1, 1916, failed to achieve the English and French Allies' hoped-for primary objective of a decisive breakthrough. read more
The Battle of the Somme was an attack by the French and English forces against the Empire of Germany in 1916 on the banks of the Somme river during WWI. The overarching "Battle of the Somme" can be further broken down into several battles. 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