Warfronts Battle of the Somme - The Deadliest Battle of WW1 Posted: February 20, 2025 | Last updated: March 9, 2025 The Battle of the Somme was one of the most devastating battles in history, with ...

The Battle of the Somme changed the course of WWI.

The first day of the Battle of the Somme, in northern France, was the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army and one of the most infamous days of World War One. On 1 July 1916 ...

He was barely 17 years old and he lied about his age. He had his baptism of fire at the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916. The British prepared for the battle with a massive bombardment of ...

German soldiers at a remove from the front and the German general public at home were well aware of the horrors prevailing in France when the British and French launched a joint offensive along the ...

Today marks 100 years since the first day of the Battle of the Somme ... to the British soldiers killed in the Somme, young men dressed in WW1 uniforms appeared at stations and in city centres ...

Artist Lindsey Kirk’s latest exhibition brings New Zealand’s wartime history to life — not through uniforms and medals, but ...

D-Day vet was told: 'You're the assault wave, you won't be coming back' AS his landing craft made its way to Juno beach, Alan King found himself surrounded by flames . . . and the heads ...

At a vigil in France, the Duke of Cambridge paid tribute to the fallen soldiers, saying “we lost the flower of a generation”. Commemorations are being held in the UK and France to mark the ...

And fate seemed to have loaned a hand in turning the story of the Somme into an inspirational Unionist narrative. On the old, Julian calendar the 1st day of July had been the date of the Battle of ...

War graves lit up for a vigil to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme at the Thiepval memorial Source: AAP The French had Verdun, Australians have ...