Battle of the Somme

English: The Battle of the Somme took place in northern France from 1 July to 18 November 1916, during the First World War.

Miscellaneous

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  Troops "going over the top" at the start of the Battle of the Somme in 1916.
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  Staged scene of Canadian soldiers leaving their trench for a raid during the Battle of the Somme.
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  British wounded near Bernafay Wood, July 1916
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  German trench in Delville Wood, September 1916
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  British infantry attacking near Thiepval, 7 August 1916
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  Cheshire Regiment trench near La Boiselle, July 1916
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  1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, near Beaumont Hamel
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  Public Schools Battalion at "White City", near Beaumont Hamel
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  Vickers machine gun crew wearing gas helmets, near Ovillers July 1916
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  New Zealand infantry in the Switch Line, September 1916
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  British infantry advancing during the Battle of Morval, September 1916
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  Mark I "male" tank, Battle of Thiepval Ridge
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  Men of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, their rifles stacked nearby, lying exhausted in the grass in a rear area
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  Entrance to a German Officer's dugout showing the protection over its doorway and its depth
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  A mass of men, horses and equipment at Mailley-Maillet
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  The Virgin hanging from the Church of Notre Dame in Albert.
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  The badly shelled main road to Bapaume through Pozieres, showing a communication trench and broken trees
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  A ration party of Royal Irish Rifles in a communication trench early in the battle, possibly on 1 July.
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  Remains of a German machine gun post near Guillemont, September
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  Stretcher bearers retrieving a wounded soldier during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge
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  View from a kite balloon looking from Bécourt toward Bapaume, July
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  The ruins of Pozières, August
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  Pozières plateau, looking towards the "Old German" lines, August
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  "Gibraltar" bunker at Pozières, August
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  View from Centre Way trench near Pozières towards Mouquet Farm, August
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  Australian 6th Brigade returning from Pozières, August
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  Road to Pozières, August
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  Sausage Valley, August
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  trenches

First day on the Somme

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  Explosion of the mine beneath Hawthorn Redoubt, 7.20 am
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  Aftermath of the Hawthorn Redoubt mine
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  Gordon Highlanders advancing near Mametz
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  Tyneside Irish Brigade advancing near La Boiselle

Battle of Delville Wood

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  German trenches in Delville Wood
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  Terrain Map: Delville Wood
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  Positions on 14 July 1916
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  Positions on 15 July 1916
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  Positions on 16 July 1916
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  Positions on 18 to 20 July 1916
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  Delville Wood in 1916 and 2009 and Albert statue on church of Notre Dame in 1916 and 2009

Artillery

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  8-in howitzers firing near Mametz, August 1916
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  A shell being loaded into a 15 inch howitzer
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  A Holt tractor hauling a 9.2 inch Howitzer to a forward area
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  A 9.2 inch gun in action during the battle of Albert
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  A dump of 18 pounder shell cases used in the bomdardment of Fricourt.
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  British gas cylinder release against Montauban, June

Maps

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  British infantry attack plan for 1 July. The only Allied successes came in the south at Mametz and Montauban and on the French sector.
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  The British 21st Division attack on Bazentin le Petit, 14 July 1916. The area captured by 9.00 am is shown by the dashed red line.
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  Progress of the Battle of the Somme between 1 July and 18 November.

Paintings

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  "Mametz, Western Front" by Frank Crozier (1919)
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  "Mouquet Farm, Pozières" by Fred Leist (1917)