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SOMME
     1916 2016                                       Great Battles


                            1 JULY 1916








                                                           WORDSTOMGARNER
                            As the British and French armies launched their
                            long-awaited offensive, few could have predicted

                             the tragedy and chaos that was about to unfold




















































            OPPOSINGFORCES


                          vs

           ENTENTE ALLIES      GERMAN
               LEADERS          EMPIRE
              Douglas Haig,      LEADERS
              Ferdinand Foch  Max von Gallwitz,
                FORCES         Fritz von Below
             BRITAIN: 3rd & 4th   FORCES
                Armies          GERMANY:
                                     my
                                     my
             FRANCE: 6th Army    2nd Army y y y

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