For France, the defence of Verdun in the face of Germany’s greatest onslaught of the war became the ultimate symbol of national heroism. But for the British, the battle of the Somme – which ...

and many did not even managed to cut the barbed wire which protected the German trenches. Moreover, the intricate Somme battle plan involved rigid, detailed schedules for the artillery ...

British admirals like Jellicoe and Fisher, the First Sea Lord, were not fools. They knew not to risk a full-scale battle ... extremely disorientating. So did Germany win?

A First World War pilot's harrowing account of the bloody first day of the Battle of the Somme has emerged 109 years ... Only in two places did I see any of our troops reach the German trenches ...

The first day of the Battle of the Somme ... did not seem to know where they were in our trenches," he observes. But his own men are being hunted from above by British aeroplanes. The pilots ...

So too did serving personnel - some, young men, just like many of the 57,000 who ... France and an estimated 465,000 from Germany The Battle of the Somme was intended to achieve a decisive victory ...

This was the first day of the Somme - one of the ... decision or a huge mistake. Why did the battle take place? On 4 August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany. It became known as "The Great ...

We remember, too, the men from Germany who fought ... in history Jim Maultsaid, like tens of thousands of others, was wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The private in the ...

The battle lasted 141 days from July 1 to November 18, 1916. Britain hoped to make the decisive blow against Germany on ... higher rate on the Somme than private soldiers did, with 60 per cent ...

Did you know with a Digital Subscription to ... once again to mark the sacrifices of those killed in the Battle of the Somme 100 years ago. At 7.30am, on July 1, 1916, thousands of British ...