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Battle of the Somme
A truly nightmarish world greeted the New Zealand Division when it joined the Battle of the Somme in mid-September 1916. Fifteen thousand men of the Division went into action. Nearly 6000 were wounded and 2000 lost their lives. More than half the New Zealand Somme dead have no known grave.
- Page 2 - Overview'Somme. The whole history of the world cannot contain a more gruesome word.' This is how one German officer described the Battle of the Somme in 1916. It was here that, day after
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Main image: The ruins of Verdun, 1916
The Somme offensive eased the pressure on the beleaguered French defenders of the ruined medieval city of Verdun.
