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Ireland’s Wars: 1st July 1916

Posted on Nov 1, 2017 by NFB

In the final week of June 1916, the British and French forces would fire somewhere close to a million a and half shells at the German lines in the Somme sector, as part of their plans to soften up the … Continue reading →

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