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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.
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 .
The British Third and Fourth armies, together with nine corps of the French Sixth Army, would attack the German 2nd Army in an area stretching from Foucaucourt south of the River Somme northwards beyond the River Ancre, to Serre and Gommecourt, 3.2 kilometres (2 mi) beyond. The objective of the attack was to capture the German first and second ...
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English: The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Battle of Guillemont. British gunners watching German prisoners, wounded and visibly distressed, passing after the taking of Guillemont. Chimpanzee Valley, near Amiens. (Guillemont captured by 16th Irish Division on September 3rd 1916).
Associated items Photography; Associated people and organisations British Army; Associated places Delville Wood, Somme, France; Associated events Battles of the Somme 1916, Allied Offensive, Western Front, First World War, First World War, Battle of Bazentin, Battles of the Somme 1916, Western Front, First World War