The Battle of the Somme began on July 1 1916 with a spectacular explosion under Hawthorn Ridge – a fortified German frontline position west of the village of Beaumont Hamel in northern France. The ...
A World War One diary written during the Battle of the Somme is expected to sell for around $2,000 at auction. The journal, ...
Experience of the German 1st Army in the Somme Battle / by General von Bülow, (from a British translation of German document.) Extracts from German documents dealing with "Lessons drawn from the ...