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Battle of the Somme (1918)

During the First World War the Somme offensive, which had begun in France on 1 July 1916, was not going well. The Canadian Corps arrived on the Somme in early September and won a limited, although well-publicized, victory at Courcelette on 15 September, but the fighting that followed was of a grinding nature: each side attacked and counter-attacked over the same ruined landscape. The complete lack of success there led to an appalling slaughter, with the Canadian Corps suffering some 24,000 casualties. However, no Allied unit suffered more heavily than the Newfoundland Regiment.

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1916 - Prelude to the Somme - Canada and the First World War - History - Veterans Affairs Canada. Content archived on 27 Nov. 2020
ARCHIVED - The Battle of the Somme - Oral Histories of the First World War: Veterans 1914-1918 - Library and Archives Canada. Content archived on 25 Nov. 2019
Archives of Ontario - Ontario Veteran - John Mould Diaries : Battle of the Somme
BBC - iWonder - The Battle of the Somme: 141 days of horror
Battle of the Somme - The Canadian Encyclopedia. Content archived on 14 Dec. 2024
Battle of the Somme - Wikipedia
Battle of the Somme - World War I - HISTORY.com
Battle of the Somme in World War I. Content archived on 27 Mar. 2024
In pictures: Battle of the Somme - BBC News. Content archived on 8 Apr. 2024 (original link)
Land Battles - The Somme | Canada and the First World War
NL in the First World War
Slaughter On The Somme | Legion Magazine. Content archived on 15 July 2022
The Battles of the Somme - Library and Archives Canada. Content archived on 17 Sept. 2022
The Battles of the Somme and Beaumont-Hamel - The First World War - History - Remembrance - Veterans Affairs Canada. Content archived on 15 Mar. 2020
The Battles of the Somme, 1916 – The Long, Long Trail
The Somme 1916 | The National Archives

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