First day on the Somme

Name: First day on the Somme
Start: 1916-07-01

1 Jul 1916 · 50.02° N, 2.68° E

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When: 1 Jul 1916
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 50.02° N, 2.68° E
Description: start of the Battle of Albert as initial part of Battle of the Somme
War: World War I

First day on the Somme

Start of the Battle of Albert

The first day on the Somme was the beginning of the Battle of Albert (1–13 July) the name given by the British to the first two weeks of the Battle of the Somme in the First World War. Nine corps of the French Sixth Army and the British Fourth and Third armies attacked the German 2nd Army.

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World War I28 Jul 1914 · Interstate war · Deaths 17,000,000

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