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  • Second Battle of the Somme (1918)
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  • The most significant feature of the 1918 Somme battles was that with the first Battle of the Somme of 1918 having halted what had begun as an overwhelming German offensive, the second formed the central part of the Allies' advance to the Armistice of 11 November.
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Partof
  • the Western Front of World War I
Date
  • --08-21
Commander
  • Erich Ludendorff
  • Douglas Haig
  • Henry Rawlinson
  • John Monash
  • Arthur Currie
Caption
  • --08-26
Casualties
  • 5600
  • 'Heavy', 6,000 taken prisoner
Result
  • Allied victory
combatant
  • German Empire
  • British Empire * * * United Kingdom
Place
  • Somme River, France
Conflict
  • Battle of the Somme
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  • The most significant feature of the 1918 Somme battles was that with the first Battle of the Somme of 1918 having halted what had begun as an overwhelming German offensive, the second formed the central part of the Allies' advance to the Armistice of 11 November.
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