Full coverage of the commemorations marking 100 years since the Battle of the Somme The Battle of the Somme was fought between 1 July and 18 November 1916, with over a million British, French and ...

Friday July 1 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Somme. Somme, estimated to be the bloodiest in World War I, lasted for five months. The first day of the battle was the ...

This video illustrates the catastrophic scale of the Battle of the Somme, the deadliest campaign of World War One. Animated maps and visuals show how the offensive unfolded across fortified trenches ...

In 45 seconds, we cover the Battle of the Somme, launched in 1916 during World War I. This video highlights the massive Allied offensive, the staggering casualties on both sides, and the limited ...

As the sun rose over the valley of the Somme River in northern France on the first of July a century ago, the soldiers of the British Empire began their charge on the entrenched Germans. It would be ...

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To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, 30-year-old artist Scarlett Raven is launching an ambitious and groundbreaking visual arts experience, The Danger Tree. Raven is the ...

Thousands of fallen soldiers from the Battle of the Somme are being honoured in a new walkway of ceramic tiles in Manchester. Path of the Remembered at Heaton Park, where many of the region's soldiers ...

Residents across Pakistan and India rushed to stockpile foods and other essential supplies, while families living near the border fled to safer areas, as armed clashes between the nuclear-armed ...