Battle of the Somme (disambiguation)
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Battles
Battle of the Somme commonly refers to the major Anglo-French offensive in 1916 during World War I; however, the postwar Battles Nomenclature Committee divided this campaign into a series of battles (listed in the article above). According to official nomenclature, two other offensives during the last year of World War I, 1918, also use this name:- the German offensive codenamed Operation MichaelOperation MichaelOperation Michael was a First World War German military operation that began the Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918. It was launched from the Hindenburg Line, in the vicinity of Saint-Quentin, France...
, known by the British as the First Battle of the Somme (1918) - the Second Battle of the Somme (1918)Second Battle of the Somme (1918)During the First World War, the Second Battle of the Somme of 1918 was fought on the Western Front from the end of the summer, in the basin of the Somme River...
, the second phase of the final British offensive of the war (the "Hundred Days" offensive)
Film
- The Battle of the Somme (film)The Battle of the Somme (film)The Battle of the Somme is a 1916 British documentary and propaganda film. Shot by two official cinematographers, Geoffrey Malins and John McDowell, the film depicts the British Army's preparations for, and the early stages of, the battle of the Somme...
is the documentary and propaganda film made by British official cinematographers Geoffrey Malins and John McDowell during World War I about the above 1916 offensive