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July 1, 1916: 20,000 British lives are lost
« on: July 01, 2015, 05:15:33 PM »
July 1, 1916: 20,000 British lives are lost on the first day of the Battle of the Somme

On this day in 1916, 150,000 British troops emerged from their trenches to attack the German lines near the River Somme in northern France. Around 20,000 of those men would not live to see night fall.


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