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In [[France]] in 1916 the [[British]] and French armies met at the [[Somme]] River to begin a massive attack on the [[German]]s in order to distract them from [[Verdun]]. This became the '''Battle of the Somme''', and the fighting was even heard across the [[British channel]] in England. First the [[Allies]] "shelled" (fired many shots and [[bomb]]s) at the Germans to weaken them, and then 100,000 British soldiers charged the enemy. But the shelling did not have its intended effect, as the Germans were dug in too deeply to be majorly affected by it. On July 1, 1916, the Germans killed 20,000 of the British soldiers and wounded over 40,000, making it the single worst day for the British in their history. This battle, which did not succeed in moving [[trench]] lines, eventually involved over 2 million men along a 30-mile front. The British and French lost nearly 750,000 men.
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[[Category:World War I Battles]]