This is the story of the first day of the Somme Offensive, 1 July 1916 - the single bloodiest day in British military history. 57,000 British soldiers became casualties, most within a few hours of ...

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 ...

The Battle of the Somme began on July 1 1916 with a spectacular explosion under Hawthorn Ridge – a fortified German frontline position west of the village of Beaumont Hamel in northern France.

A collection of more than 500 first-hand accounts, some of which have never been seen before, have revealed graphic details from the bloody Battle of the Somme. The collection of stories from 526 ...

View Wounded Man Fleeing (Battle of the Somme 1916), Plate 10 from The War (K. 79) By Dix Otto; Etching and drypoint on wove paper; 7 11/16 x 5 3/8in (19.5 x 13.7cm) sheet 18 3/4 x 13 13/16in (47.5 x ...

During WWI, the British Army sustained 57,470 casualties on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. There were19,240 fatalities which left 38,230 soldiers in need of medical and casualty ...

On Tuesday, July 1 many people paid there respects to those brave men from the island of Ireland who had made the ultimate ...