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Noun	1.	Somme River - battle of World War II (1944) Battle of the Somme, Somme Second World War, World War 2, World War II - a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945 France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
	2.	Somme River - battle in World War I (1916) Battle of the Somme, Somme First World War, Great War, War to End War, World War 1, World War I - a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918 France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

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who died on September 1, 1944 killed in Airaines, near Somme River, and buried at Airaines Cemetery in France.

Looking for families of WWII heroes

N THE early morning of September 15, 1916, a strange sound came out of the fog, floating along the Somme river.

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For five harrowing months, the British and French armies engaged the Germans in a brutal battle of attrition on a 15-mile front along the Somme river in northern France.

141 days in hell. And a life for every one of them; 100 YEARS ON HISTORIAN REVEALS HEARTBREAKING STORIES OF HEROES WHO DIED AT THE SOMME

And on June 24, 1916, the skies exploded as the Allies began a momentous week-long artillery bombardment of German defensive positions on the Somme river in preparation for a major British-led offensive.

WAY OUT WEST

That is the date that marks the 100-year anniversary of the end of the offensive near the Somme River in France where the British suffered more than 57,000 casualties on the first day of the battle alone.

Raising a glass - and funds - in memory of North East heroes of the Somme; WW1 Centenary Ales Campaign sees launch of four new beers in memory of regiments' role in Battle of the Somme

Synopsis: This is the story of South African soldiers during the 1916 Somme offensive, which took place between the Allied forces and the Germans along the Somme River in France and was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the First World War, resulting in over a million deaths in six months.

The Somme Chronicles

The area of France east of the town of Albert and north of the meandering Somme River was in 1916 of little inherent strategic significance, except for the fact that it was located along a line stretching from the Flanders region in Belgium south to the Swiss border where both sides in the First World War had dug into the earth and established trenches from which to fight.

Strategy in the aftermath of war: Waterloo, the Somme, and Omaha Beach

Our base was Alfred, a central French town close to The Somme River and estuary.

A Pilgrimage to The Somme

We cycle up and down the ridges above the Somme river all afternoon.

Following the tyre tracks of The Somme's lost generation; AGENDA Ninety-two years after The Somme, Britain's bloodiest battle, reached its most horrific stage, keen cyclist Perry Buck spends a long weekend following the Western Front across northern France on bicycle

Novices need only a one-hour lesson and then you can choose your destinations as you chug along the Somme river.

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