{"id":89900,"date":"2024-10-13T02:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T06:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=89900"},"modified":"2024-06-28T20:42:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T00:42:05","slug":"the-deadliest-day-of-the-british-army-the-battle-of-the-somme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/10\/13\/the-deadliest-day-of-the-british-army-the-battle-of-the-somme\/","title":{"rendered":"The Deadliest Day of the British Army: The Battle of the Somme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9BD1EcPZjCM?si=_DG0xi8BDV-b-uLD\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Great War<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished Jun 14, 2024<\/p>\n<p>The Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest of the First World War. From July to November 1916, millions of men struggled to fight in mud, under crushing shellfire, or in a hail of machine gun bullets. 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