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Somme or The Somme may refer to:
Places
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Somme (department)
The Somme (; ) is a departments of France, department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme (river), Somme river. It is part of the Hauts-de-France regions of France, region. It is bordered by Pas-de-Calais and ...
, a department of France
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Somme, Queensland
Somme is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Somme had a population of 39 people.
Geography
Somme is bounded by the Severn River to the east and south and the land to the south and east is mostly u ...
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Canal de la Somme
The Canal de la Somme () is a canal in northern France. Its total length is 156.4 km with 25 locks, from the English Channel at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme to the Canal de Saint-Quentin at Saint-Simon, Aisne, Saint-Simon. ...
, a canal in France
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Somme (river)
The Somme ( , ; ) is a river in Picardy, northern France.
The river is in length, from its source in the high ground of the former at Fonsomme near Saint-Quentin, to the Bay of the Somme, in the English Channel. It lies in the geologica ...
, a river in France
Arts, entertainment, and media
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''Somme'' (book), a First World War military history book
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''The Somme'' (film), a 1927 British documentary film
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The Somme – From Defeat to Victory
''The Somme – From Defeat to Victory'' is a 2006 BBC documentary film made to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.
Production
The film was produced in conjunction with the Open University and was intended to go beyond ...
'', BBC TV documentary
Military
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French tanker ''Somme'', a French Navy tanker and command ship
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HMS ''Somme'' (1918), a British World War I S-class destroyer
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Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme (; ), also known as the Somme offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 Nove ...
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Somme American Cemetery and Memorial
The Somme American Cemetery and Memorial in Picardie, France, is an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery, situated ½ mile southwest of the commune of Bony, Aisne in northern France. It is located on a gentle slope typical of the ope ...
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Somme Heritage Centre
The Somme Heritage Centre is a tourist attraction and education centre in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. Opened in 1994 the centre promotes Ireland's role in the First World War, and especially the role of both Protestant and Catholic ...
See also
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Battle of the Somme (disambiguation) The Battle of the Somme most commonly refers to the Anglo-French offensive in 1916 during World War I.
The campaign was later divided into a series of battles. According to official nomenclature, two offensives in 1918 also use this name:
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for other uses
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Somma (disambiguation)
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