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 ...

Why the Battle of the Somme was so significant How the First World War began The most moving First World War poems The unbelievably horrific conditions and sheer number of dead make the Somme one ...

The fighting of the first day of the Battle of the Somme proved deadly for the British, with over 19,000 killed. The Germans wound up incorporating the crater into their defensive fortifications ...

Commemorations are being held in the UK and France to mark the centenary of the start of the Battle of the Somme. Britain fell ... 60,000 casualties on the first day alone. At a vigil in France ...

Áine Groogan said it was important to remember those who died at the Battle of the Somme Wreaths have been ... from across Ireland took part in the First World War battle in France, which began ...

The detonation of the Hawthorn Ridge, near the village of Beaumont Hamel in France, signalled the start of the Battle of the Somme – which saw the 36th Ulster Division and the 16th Irish ...

Verdun was one of the most savagely fought battles of World War One. The Germans fired two million shells in the opening eight-hour bombardment, and tens of millions were fired over the course of ...

THE final completion of the revamped Accrington Pals Memorial Garden will be marked later this month with the unveiling of a specially-created new sculpture. The event will take place at 10.30am ...

British soldiers won the first Battle of Saratoga in the Revolutionary War, but the Americans would go on to win the second ...

You can also switch between first ... from WW1. The developer also wants to put the power in your hands too. There’s a map editor so that you can create your own battlefields, and there’s a ...

The sign tells you that this was the limit of the allied advance in the infamous Somme offensive of 1916 ... Their date with Nemesis came on the first day of the battle. Their initial assignment ...