Somme+France.TC

=**Somme France** =

Somme, France was the sight of a very bloody battle in the year 1916. During this battle 60,000 British soldiers lost their lives trying to infiltrate the regimen of German Trenches during the first day of battle. The battle itself lasted from July 1 - November 18, 1916. During this drawn out skirmish there were more than 1.5 million casualties between all the forces involved, making the Battle of Somme France one of the bloodiest battles ever recorded. By the battles end the French and British forces had penetrated about 6 miles into German