©SommeTourisme-NicolasBryant
©SommeTourisme-NicolasBryant

The Great War

Remembering

Great War memorials in the Somme

The International Somme

In 1916, the département of the Somme became a global space, a meeting point for some twenty nationalities who came to fight or work around the three belligerent empires (France, Germany and Great Britain). Three million soldiers clashed on a 45-kilometer front. So many people who left an indelible mark on the Samarian territory. Take a trip around the world from the Somme. Go to South Africa, the United States, return via Newfoundland, Ireland or Australia. In the Somme, the world is calling…