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Battlefields of the Somme
The Battlefields can be visited through a marked itinerary connecting the two towns symbolising the Great War in the Somme: Albert, where the British troops were stationed, and Péronne, then occupied by the Germans.
Thiepval
The most important franco-british Memorial in the world and its Visitors Centre.
Read more >Circuit of remembrance
The Battlefields can be visited through a marked itinerary connecting the two towns symbolising the Great War in the Somme: Albert, where the British troops were stationed, and Péronne, then occupied by the Germans.
Read more >Remembrance tourism
1 July 1916 remains a date without equivalent in British memory: this was the bloodiest day in the entire history of the British army, with 20,000 killed and nearly 60,000 losses (killed, wounded, and missing).
Read more >The 1916 Battle of the Somme
In 1916, the French and the British decided to launch an offensive in the Somme in order to relieve the pressure on Verdun and break the German front.
Read more >News from the batllefields...
And from the Historial Museum of the Great War : New Exhibitions at the Historial for 2012, Commemorating the 95th anniversary of the battle of the Somme,...
Read more >Somme Battlefields Partners
The Historial of the Great War contributes to the development of the east of the Somme to federate the local participants on the theme of the Great War with the label "Somme Battlefield'Partner".
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Historial de la Grande Guerre
Château de Péronne
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80201 PERONNE cedex FRANCE
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