Part of the Somme battlefield near Albert as it is today

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The Battle of the Somme began on 1 July 1916 and the British had suffered 19,240 dead and 35,493 wounded by the end of the first day. The French Army suffered 7,000 casualties and it is estimated that the Germans suffered 8,000. The British and French captured about 11 km at their deepest point of penetration into the German lines.

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Size: 5031px × 3345px
Location: Somme, Picardy ,France
Photo credit: © SJ Images / Alamy / Afripics
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