Battle of the Somme 1916

The great Anglo-French offensive; nearly 60,000 British casualties on the first day, and the first use of tanks.

Key facts

Year	Event	Where
1914	Sarajevo assassination; First World War begins	Sarajevo
1915	Gallipoli campaign	Gallipoli Campaign
1916	Verdun and the Somme	Battle of Verdun
1917	Russian October Revolution	St Petersburg
1918	WWI ends; empires collapse
1919	Treaty of Versailles	Versailles