July 1. The Battle of the Somme, one of World War One's bloodiest, was fought in northern France and lasted five months, with the British suffering almost 60,000 casualties on the first day alone. 07:28 BST marked when the battle began on 1 July 1916. The British and French armies fought the Germans in a brutal battle of attrition on a 15-mile front.
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