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 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 ...

Carton de Wiart died in 1963 at the age of 83, but his exploits have inspired generations of service members in the United ...

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 ...

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 ...

Almost 2,000 soldiers from the 36th Ulster Division died on the first day of the Somme campaign. When it was withdrawn from the line, the division had won a reputation as courageous soldiers.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...