ID: 901001569 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001569	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Battle of the Somme (European history, 1916)

Note: Allied offensive on the Western Front during World War I that proved generally futile and generated hundreds of thousands of casualties.

Display Date: 1 July-13 November 1916

Names:

	Battle of the Somme (European history, 1916) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Somme 1916 (European history, 1916) (English,U,P)
	First Battle of the Somme (European history, 1916) (English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<Global historical events> (P)
		........World War I (global war, 1914-1918) (P)
		............Battle of the Somme (European history, 1916) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... battle
	.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Battle of the Somme (European history, 1916)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Somme 1916 (European history, 1916)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no 99080852
	First Battle of the Somme (European history, 1916)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)