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First Battle of the Somme: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Canada.ca - Veterans Affairs Canada - Battle of the Somme. Dec 17, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jun 24, 2024
Add new Web site: Weapons and Warfare - First Day Somme Part I. May 29, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - 'Heavy casualties. Wounded, wounded, wounded': stories of the battle of the Somme. Apr 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Chemins de mémoire - The battle of the Somme. Mar 08, 2024
Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - A Sunlit Picture of Hell: Battle of the Somme. Oct 09, 2023
Add new Web site: National Records of Scotland - Battle of the Somme 1916. Jun 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Canadian War Museum - The Somme. Sep 06, 2022
Add new Web site: Historic UK - Battle of the Somme. Mar 14, 2022
Add new Web site: The National Archives - The Battle of the Somme. Mar 14, 2022
Top Questions updated. Oct 22, 2021
Corrected display issue. Jun 08, 2021
Add new Web site: National Army Museum - Battle of the Somme. Jan 11, 2021
Add new Web site: Imperial War Museums - 5 Things You Need To Know About The Battle Of The Somme. Jan 11, 2021
Add new Web site: 1914-1918-Online - International Encyclopedia of the First World War - Battle of the Somme. Oct 23, 2017
Article thoroughly revised. Apr 27, 2017
Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Battle of the Somme. Dec 09, 2016
Add new Web site: New Zealand History - Battle of the Somme. Dec 09, 2016
Add new Web site: 1914-1918-Online - International Encyclopedia of the First World War - Battle of the Somme. Dec 09, 2016
Added image of a French soldier in a trench. May 19, 2010
Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Battle of the Somme: 1 July - 13 November 1916. Dec 16, 2008
Added new Web site: The Battlefield Site - The Battle of the Somme - France, 1st July - 18th November 1916. Dec 16, 2008
Added new Web site: History Learning Site - The Battle of the Somme. Dec 16, 2008
Added new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Battle of the Somme. Dec 16, 2008
Added new Web site: FirstWorldWar.com - The Battle of the Somme, 1916. Dec 15, 2008
Article revised and updated. Aug 09, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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