A detailed look at the Battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916, one of the deadliest military operations of World War I.

A British soldier’s battered World War I diary recounting the bloody Battle of the Somme has been discovered in a U.K. barn. The diary, which was written in pencil by Private Arthur Edward Diggens of ...

The opening day of the Battle of the Somme on July 1st, 1916, saw Britain’s new volunteer army march into a well-prepared German defense. Thousands were cut down within hours as artillery bombardments ...

Church bells rang in villages across a patch of northern France on Saturday, marking the moment 90 years ago that launched one of history’s bloodiest episodes, the Battle of the Somme. The poignant ...

FeatureOn the site of the bloodiest battle of World War I, residents of Ovillers-la-Boisselle uphold the tradition of the bagpipers from Scottish, Irish, Canadian and Australian regiments who lost ...

Philpott, a military historian at King’s College, London, comprehensively challenges the enduring image of the Battle of the Somme (July–November 1916) as an indecisive, futile encounter in a ...

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A knitted poppy blanket created by residents of a Herefordshire village is set to travel to Albert, France, where it will form part of the Battle ...

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