The Battle of the Somme was one of the most devastating battles in history, with over one million casualties in just five ...

The Battle of the Somme was launched on 1 July 1916 ... London Cemetery, High Wood, France. High Wood was the site of fierce fighting between British and German forces. The cemetery has almost ...

The best analysis of the dishonest vicious crap convulsing our nation was written by Paul Fussell, in “The Great War and ...

The Battle of the Somme lasted five months ... end a stalemate that existed in the trenches in Europe. The Somme Valley in northern France was near the junction of the French and British fighting ...

For the British and Canadians, it’s the Somme. For France, perhaps one of the most important battles in its recent history was the Battle of Verdun. Fought almost throughout the entirety of 1916 ...