This is the story of the first day of the Somme Offensive, 1 July 1916 - the single bloodiest day in British military history. 57,000 British soldiers became casualties, most within a few hours of ...

The German Army counter-attacked and recovered a lot of lost ground. On the first day, the German Army suffered around 6,000 casualties - mostly at the hands of the French on the southern part of ...

Britain was Germany’s most formidable military foe ... between Allied and German forces in World War One. They fought for control of the Kamina wireless station. WW1: Why was the first day ...