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Its a place on the Somme battle front. Go there.
I'm not quite sure if you are looking for general info or info of your grandfather but if you go to google.com and type in Battle of the Somme there is ample info available that may lead you to what you are looking for! There are too many links to add them to this question.
It depends... Some people say that it was a complete disaster, as many lives were lost, mainly because of the poor leadership of Douglas Haig. But some people would say that although many people died, that is just a natural part of a battle, and that because of this, people learnt a lot more about how to fight a battle more successfully.
The Battle of Stoney Creek (during the war of 1812) went on for 15 minutes - an hour
basically the french were about to lose all the little morale they had and retreat from the front lineso British launched a giant attack on the Germans from a different part of the line it didn't go to plan and they had many casualties but succeeded in reliving the pressure on the french
people got trench foot, and she'll shock. Also people got fredismed , a illness that makes you have bad diarrhoea and makes your skin go blue/purple.
you can see all the dates and battles during world war 1 if you go to this website: http://www.freepedia.co.uk/FWWBattles.php (you can just copy the website above then paste it into the address bar)
It was the job of Field Marshall Hague to stop release the constant pressure of the french from the Germans at Verdun. Verdun was a very important place because of it's geographical position. By attacking at the Somme the GGermans moved up the line to the Somme which relieved the pressure at Verdun. So as Hague relieved the pressure off the french at Verdun, he had completed his mission objective. Despite the heavy casualties, he was doing his job. I personally think that it was terrible, and he wasn't very clever though....
During the First World War, which lasted from the 28th July 1914 to 11th November 1918, the Battle of the Somme became notorious for the slaughter inflicted on opposing forces between 1st Jul 1916 – 18th Nov 1916. It was fought by the armies of the British and French against the German forces. More than three million men fought in this battle and one million men were wounded or killed. It went down in history as one of the bloodiest battle of all time - it was simply a slaughter of a generation of young men on both sides.
about 300
The battle was fought on September 3, 1939 - May 8, 1945. The battle lasted for just over 5 years and 8 months.
three days