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How the Somme exposed the horrors of trench warfare

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 ...

Bitter Harvest – Frank McNally on the darker side of farming in Flanders and the Somme

One of the finest memorials on the Somme is the round tower at the Ireland Peace Park in Messines, erected in the late 1990s.