10 h 25 min, 1 juill. 1916 ans - Battle of the Somme
Description:
A week of long artillery bombardment that was supposed to destroy German defences that instead created a no man’s land of mess. The battle lasted five months and had casualties of 420,000 British soldiers, 200,000 French soldiers, and 500,000 German soldiers all within a radius of 25 miles.
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Date:
10 h 25 min, 1 juill. 1916 ans
Maintenaint
~ Il y a 107 ans