v.1. The first battle of the Somme, 1916-1917 : Albert, Bapaume, Pâeronne -- v. 2. The second battle of the Somme, 1918 : Amiens, Montdidier,Compiáegne. AWM010125 940.4144 S697 V.1-2 << 3 SETS ...

Such is the battle of the Somme - Germany's bloody struggle for victory. This week represents the utmost limits of human endurance - it was hell!" Citation taken from: Philipp Witkop (ed.), German ...

Most of the casualties fell in the first hundred metres of no-man’s land. The Battle of the Somme has been described as the graveyard of the various local battalions raised across Scotland in ...

Poor Angéline, it is the worst sight that a man ever wants to see." The Battle of the Somme lasted five months in 1916 and placed young men on both sides of the war in the middle of a protracted ...

Spanning 141 days (July 1, 1916 - November 18 1916), the Battle of the Somme occurred on the banks of the Somme River in France. One of the bloodiest known battles in history, on the first day alone ...

The Battle of the Somme raged for 141 days from July to November 1916. Over three million men fought in the battle and a third of those were either killed or wounded. By the end of it, British and ...

The Battle of the Somme, of which 1st July was just the first, disastrous day, raged for another four months, and was vital not only in diverting German forces away from their assault on the ...

An Eala Bhàn' (The White Swan) was penned by the North Uist poet Dòmhnall Chorùna as he recovered from injuries sustained in the Battle of the Somme, as his thoughts drifted home to Magaidh ...

War graves lit up for a vigil to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme at the Thiepval memorial Source: AAP The French had Verdun, Australians have ...

What do men have to deal with?” posted user Jessica M. “Try the Battle of The Somme” retorted Anderson; I can practically feel his arched eyebrow radiating through my screen. Poor Lee.