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An infantryman of ‘A’ Company, 11th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment, on sentry duty in a captured German trench near the Albert–Bapaume road at Ovillers-la-Boisselle, during the ‘Battle of the Somme’ in July 1916

Soldiers after crossing the River Somme. According to the photograph’s original caption these soldiers are the first to have crossed the River Somme. Some of them are clambering up a temporary walkway. Others in the background manage to scramble up the embankment. The foreground is littered with debris. The slang British term used in the…

“A Still from the film ‘The Battle of the Somme’ showing a British soldier carrying a wounded comrade back from the front line. The scene is generally accepted as having been filmed on the first day of the battle, 1 July 1916.” (This man died 30 minutes after reaching the trenches)

‘Some jolly gunners and their pet.’ A group of men from the Royal Regiment of Artillery, photographed alongside a long-barrelled field gun. For the occasion, they have chalked the words, ‘Somme gun’ on the side of the barrel. The men are well wrapped with non-uniform scarves, gloves and a balaclava. In purely military terms, the…

http://www.argunners.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Podcast-23_-The-First-Day-Of-The-Somme.mp3 And there wasn’t one of us in our battalion that ever got to the German lines. You couldn’t! It was absolutely impossible… The Battle of the Somme is one of the most famous military events in British history – synonymous with huge loss of life and costly failure. After months of deadlock on the…

The Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest battles in human history and symbolised the horrors of warfare in the First World War. July 1st 1916, the first day of the battle, saw almost 60,000 British casualties. After months of fighting over one million men had been wounded or killed across all sides.  By the…

The Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest battles in human history and symbolised the horrors of warfare in the First World War. July 1st 1916, the first day of the battle, saw almost 60,000 British casualties. After months of fighting over one million men had been wounded or killed across all sides.  By the…

World War 1 Documentary: Great Battles of the Great War – The Somme – Here Comes Kitcheners Army August 3rd, 2015 July 30th, 2015 July 20th, 2015

Five friends, the 21-year-old officer Wilhelm, his two-year-younger brother Friedhelm, and the 20-year-old Viktor, Greta and Charlotte (called by their friends Charly), meet in Berlin in the summer of 1941 to say good-bye. Wilhelm and Friedhelm have to be soldiers of the Wehrmacht and will be sent to the Eastern Front; Charlotte will follow them…

Don’t miss out on new war movie, documentary and serie releases! Argunners Magazine keeps you updated on new upcoming and most anticipated Movie, TV-serie and Documentary releases of the year 2019. In the below list are upcoming War History documentaries for the year 2019. This article is regularly updated when new information is available! Click on the documentary,…