Battle of the Somme
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The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme offensive, was a major battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic 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. The battle was intended to hasten a victory for the Allies. More than three million men fought in the battle, of whom more than one million were either wounded or killed, making it one of the deadliest battles in all of human history.
The Western Front 1915–1916
Troops of the British Indian Army at Battle of the Somme.
Men of the 10th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment of the 31st Division marching to the front line, 28 June 1916.
British aerial photograph of German trenches north of Thiepval, 10 May 1916, with the German forward lines to the lower left. The crenellated appearance of the trenches is due to the presence of traverses.
Somme (river)
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The Somme is a river in Picardy, northern France.
The Somme
King Edward III Crossing the Somme (at the Battle of Blanchetaque): painting by Benjamin West, 1788
The source of the Somme, at Fonsommes
The mouth of the Somme in the English Channel