Battle of Delville Wood

Quando

14 de jul. de 1916 – 15 de set. de 1916

Tipo

Batalha

Coordenadas

50.03° N, 2.81° E

Description

1916 battle

War

World War I

First World War event

The Battle of Delville Wood (15 July – 3 September 1916) was a series of engagements in the 1916 Battle of the Somme in the First World War, between the armies of the German Empire and the British Empire. Delville Wood (Bois d'Elville), was a thick tangle of trees, chiefly beech and hornbeam, with dense hazel thickets, intersected by grassy rides, to the east of Longueval.

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• World War I28 de jul. de 1914 · Guerra entre Estados · Mortes 17.000.000