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France: German trench occupied by British soldiers of The Cheshire Regiment during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916

France: German trench occupied by British soldiers of The Cheshire Regiment during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916

The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, took place in northern France from the beginning of July to the 18th of November, 1916. It was fought by the combined armies of the British Empire and French Third Republic against the German Empire, and was the largest battle of the Western Front, as well as one of the bloodiest battles in human history.

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