Long (French pronunciation: [lɔ̃] ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Long is situated on the D32 and the D112...
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The Battle of the Somme (French: Bataille de la Somme; German: Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a major battle of the First...
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(lit. "Long River"), China Long, Somme, France Long (Chinese surname) Long (Western surname) Long (Bloody Roar), in the video game series Long, Aeon of...
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The Somme (UK: /sɒm/ SOM, US: /sʌm/ SUM, French: [sɔm] ) is a river in Picardy, northern France. The river is 245 km (152 mi) in length, from its source...
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Somme (French pronunciation: [sɔm] ; Picard: Sonme) is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It...
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The first day on the Somme (1 July 1916) was the beginning of the Battle of Albert (1–13 July) the name given by the British to the first two weeks of...
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The French tanker Somme is a Durance-class command and replenishment tanker (French: Bâtiment de commandement et de ravitaillement, BCR) of the French...
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The following is a list of the 772 communes of the Somme department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):...
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This is the order of battle for the Battle of the Somme. The Battle of the Somme was an offensive fought on the Western Front during World War I from 1...
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The Battle of the Somme (US title, Kitchener's Great Army in the Battle of the Somme), is a 1916 British documentary and propaganda war film, shot by two...
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Y (French pronunciation: [i] ee) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Y bears the shortest place name in France...
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on the south bank of the River Somme estuary. The town's medieval character and ramparts, its Gothic church and long waterside boardwalk, make it a popular...
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Lochnagar mine (category Battle of the Somme)
The Lochnagar mine south of the village of La Boisselle in the Somme département was an underground explosive charge, secretly planted by the British...
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List of châteaux in Picardy (section Somme)
Monument historique, visitable Château d'Heilly in Heilly Château de Long in Long (Somme), classed as Monument historique Château de Mailly-Raineval in Mailly-Raineval...
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Thiepval Memorial (redirect from Somme Memorial)
the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World...
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the department of Somme, Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is a 22 kilometres (14 mi) long right tributary of the Somme. Its source is in...
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Corbie Doullens Saint-Riquier Arleux Mortagne Crèvecœur The Somme towns (French: Villes de la Somme) were a series of nine fortified towns in Picardy in north...
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Lauritz Sverdrup Sømme (born March 7, 1931) is a Norwegian entomologist. His work has focused on insects in houses and stored foods, and especially the...
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Morts of the Western Somme are French war memorials commemorating those who died in World War I. In the Western part of the Somme region, in the area around...
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Shrouds of the Somme is an artwork by British artist Rob Heard which commemorates the 72,396 servicemen from the British Commonwealth with no known grave...
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area of the river Somme. Mametz Wood was to be the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting of the opening days of the Battle of the Somme as taking the wood...
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On the morning of 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme during World War I, underground explosive charges planted by British tunnelling...
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Ham (French pronunciation: [am]; Picard: Hin) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France, northern France. Ham is situated on the D930 and...
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Operation Michael (redirect from First Battle of the Somme (1918))
offensive due west, along the whole of the British front north of the River Somme. This was designed to first separate the French and British Armies before...
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(French pronunciation: [vaʁɛn] ; also: Varennes-en-Croix) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Varennes is situated 15...
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Péronne (French pronunciation: [peʁɔn]) is a commune of the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is the former site of the Péronne...
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36th (Ulster) Division (section The Somme, 1916)
eluded so many, the capture of a long section of the German front line, had been accomplished. During the Battle of the Somme the Ulster Division was the only...
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4 mi) long. Rising at Catheux, just north of Crèvecœur-le-Grand, Oise, it flows past Conty, Saleux, Salouël and Pont-de-Metz before joining the Somme at...
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Abbeville (category Communes of Somme (department))
commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France. It is the chef-lieu of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on...
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Ovillers-la-Boisselle (category Communes of Somme (department))
Ovillers-la-Boisselle is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The commune of Ovillers-la-Boisselle is situated 22...
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