Mashable

The Battle of the Somme

On July 1, 1916, the first shots were fired in what would become one of the bloodiest engagements in human history, the 141-day Battle of the Somme. It was nearly two years into what was then being ...
Washington Examiner

The Battle of the Somme and Tolkien, 100 Years Later

As the sun rose over the valley of the Somme River in northern France on the first of July a century ago, the soldiers of the British Empire began their charge on the entrenched Germans. It would be ...
Fast Company

This Stunning Illustrated Battle of the Somme is Not Your Child’s Picture Book

Joe Sacco takes a unique look at one of history’s bloodiest battles. On July 1, 1916, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, British forces suffered almost 60,000 casualties, including 21,000 ...
NPR

A Century After The Battle Of The Somme, Europe Gathers To Honor The Fallen

Overnight in London, an honor guard stood vigil at the grave of the Unknown Warrior. On Friday morning, across Great Britain, citizens observed a moment of silence. And midday Friday, at a quiet field ...
Business Insider

It's been 100 years since the start of one of history's bloodiest battles

Friday July 1 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Somme. Somme, estimated to be the bloodiest in World War I, lasted for five months. The first day of the battle was the ...
The Conversation

Friday essay: the Battle of the Somme and the death of martial glory

At exactly 7.30 in the morning, 100 years ago today, thousands of British soldiers went “over the top” towards enemy lines in the lowlands surrounding the French river Somme. They didn’t run forwards ...
Fox News

Diary from World War I discovered in barn, recounts bloody Battle of the Somme

A British soldier’s battered World War I diary recounting the bloody Battle of the Somme has been discovered in a U.K. barn. The diary, which was written in pencil by Private Arthur Edward Diggens of ...
The Conversation

A century after the Battle of the Somme, can we finally explain shell shock?

The Battle of the Somme was one of the most bitterly contested and bloodiest battles of World War I. The five-month attritional offensive saw more than a million casualties: on the first day of ...
WGBH

Why the Battle of the Somme was the bloodiest day in British military history

“It was hell let loose, brother,” said one survivor, in an archive recording. “Hell let loose.” At 7:28 a.m. on July 1, 1916, hundreds of whistles sounded, and the first troops climbed out of their ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

100 years later, scarred landscape from Battle of the Somme

THIEPVAL, France (AP) — A 100-year-old trench, its edges now smoothed over by verdant overgrowth, snakes through a French meadow. Craters carved by bombs in the Battle of the Somme still pock the ...
Moviefone

The Battle of the Somme - Where to Watch

Thinking about watching 'The Battle of the Somme' right from your couch? Here’s where you can watch it, including platforms and services with rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can ...