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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 World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire.
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Somme, France; Associated events Battles of the Somme 1916, Allied Offensive, Western Front, First World War; Associated themes Animals at War, British Army 1914-1918, Western Front 1914-1918; Associated keywords Animals, water; Category
English: The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Transport lines and camps in Happy Valley, near Albert, July 1916. In foreground, shoeing a horse, a soldier holding horse's head is a Royal Scot.Troops wear captured Prussian helmets.
The Somme (UK: / s ɒ m / SOM, US: / s ʌ m / SUM; [1] [2] French: ⓘ) is a river in Picardy, northern France. The river is 245 km (152 mi) in length, from its source in the high ground of the former Arrouaise Forest [ fr ] at Fonsomme near Saint-Quentin , to the Bay of the Somme , in the English Channel .
Map of German Somme offensive 1918. ... image/svg+xml. File history. ... History of the British 8th Division during the First World War;
English: The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Troops of 1/5th Battalion (London Rifle Brigade), London Regiment, in a reserve trench in Chimpanzee Valley between Hardecourt and Guillemont. 6 September 1916.