The Battle of the Somme was launched on 1 July 1916. The main aim of the battle ... A German machine gun unit defending trenches during World War One. German machine guns, such as the MG08 ...

For every nation, there are battles whose names for one reason or another mean more to their people than most. For Americans, ...

The Battle of the Somme lasted five months in 1916 and placed young men on both sides of the war in the middle of a ... On the morning of July 1, 1916, 100,000 British troops came out of their ...