The casualties were in excess of 1 million men. Many of the British were killed even before reaching the front line. The German machine guns took a terrible toll. The artillery barrge, though heavy, was unable to prevent the Germans defending their positions. The British gain was about 9 square miles. It remains as a byword for the folly of Warfare.
Battle of Somme was a battle in first world war fought between English and French armies against German army on both sides of River Somme in France. At the end of battle the combined English and French forces had advanced 6 miles into German territory gaining much more ground than German forces.
The valley of the River Somme, Picardy, France ....which is in northern France.
The British and the French vs. The Germans
Canadians fought in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle but not as Canadian troops, they were an extension of the British troops but the first time they fought as Canadian troops was at the battle of Somme.
It was a disaster...over 1,000,000 soldiers died in it...
In France, along the western front at a place called Somme. Near the French river Somme.
by the somme river
Tolkien served for the English army in France. He was at the Somme and he fought in the Battle of Thiepval Ridge.
The British and the French vs. The Germans
None. The battle of the Somme was in 1916, and the U.S. only did not declare war until 1917.
420,000 british men were killed at the battle of the somme
Battle of Somme was a battle in first world war fought between English and French armies against German army on both sides of River Somme in France. At the end of battle the combined English and French forces had advanced 6 miles into German territory gaining much more ground than German forces.
The valley of the River Somme, Picardy, France ....which is in northern France.
The British and the French vs. The Germans
60,000 soldiers
It begun when the Germans invaded the French people
Canadians fought in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle but not as Canadian troops, they were an extension of the British troops but the first time they fought as Canadian troops was at the battle of Somme.