A Retrospective of the Somme 1916

Battle British France Germany 21 Min Read

Progress of the Battle of the Somme between 1 July and 18 November 1916. Although further attacks were planned, the weather again intervened and on 19 November it unexpectedly turned milder, which heralded a rapid thaw that soon turned the entire battlefield into an impenetrable quagmire. It was beyond the abilities of man, animal or machine to cross the battlefield,…

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