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WW1: The Battle of the Somme

Witness by BBC

Jun 25, 202610:39Society & Culture

In July 1916, Britain led an Allied offensive against German positions on the Western Front near the Somme river in France. The British army suffered 60,000 casualties on the first day. By the end of the battle in Novemb...

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WW1: The Battle of the Somme is an episode from Witness by BBC. In July 1916, Britain led an Allied offensive against German positions on the Western Front near the Somme river in France. The British army suffered 60,000 casualties on the f...

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