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TRENCHES WW1 Over the top ‘Battle Of The Somme’ 1916 Stark grim but remarkable image of British troops in line ‘to go over the top’...of the trenches, under heavy German Empire Army fire during the Battle of the Somme. (Somme Offensive) Harrowing numbers of casualties were suffered on both sides... Western Front Pas de Calais France World War 1 First World War World War One 1916. This image has been carefully re-mastered to retain its original image detail impact...
World War 1. Somme Offensive. German prisoners captured by the British during the Somme Offensive, at Meaulte, near Albert. July 1916. (BSLOC_2013_1_118)
First World War German Somme Offensive. British German aircraft units 21 March 1918 1934 map
FIRST WORLD WAR British troops move towards the start line for an offensive on the Somme in 1916.
British troops advancing through shell & gun smoke, Somme offensive, WW1
British troops aka Tommies, with wounded German prisoners of war during the Somme Offensive, fought by the armies of the British Empire and 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. In the battle, the largest battle of the war's Western Front, more than three million men fought and one million men were wounded or killed, making it one of the bloodiest battles in human history.
Map of the Battle of the Somme, or the Somme Offensive in the First World War. Successive lines of the British and French advance are shown in black, German lines are shown in red and pertain to the whole battle, July 1, 1916 to November 30, 1916.
1918 portrait of Sir Douglas Haig, Commander the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front from late 1915 until the end of the war. He was commander during the Battle of the Somme, the Third Battle of Ypres, the German Spring Offensive, and the Hundred Days Offensive.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
Wounded British and German troops make for a field hospital of war during the Battle for Bezentin Ridge during the Somme Offensive, fought by the armies of the British Empire and 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. In the battle, the largest battle of the war's Western Front, more than three million men fought and one million men were wounded or killed, making it one of the bloodiest battles in human history.
World War I. Offensive of the British 4th Army north of the Somme (1918)
The Battle of Albert was the first two weeks of Anglo-French offensive operations in the Battle of the Somme. The Allied preparatory artillery bombardment began on 24 June and the Anglo-French infantry attacked on 1 July, on the south bank from Foucaucourt to the Somme and from the Somme north to Gommecourt. The French Sixth Army and the right wing of the British Fourth Army inflicted a considerable defeat on the German Second Army. Note the spades had to be carried as fresh trenches were required.