Few battles better epitomize the horror and futility of war than the Battle of the Somme as Canadian soldier Frank Maheux ...

The Battle of the Somme was one of the most significant campaigns of World War One, as the Allied forces attempted to break through the German front line in northern France, 1916. This interactive ...

The Battle of the Somme was launched on 1 July 1916. The main aim of the battle was to relieve the important northern French fortress of Verdun. This had been placed under siege by the German Army ...

The Battle of the Somme, of which 1st July was just the first, disastrous day, raged for another four months, and was vital not only in diverting German forces away from their assault on the ...

A diary detailing a soldier's experience in the Battle of the Somme has been discovered in a barn. The journal, written in pencil by Pte Arthur Edward Diggins, describes the first day of the ...