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The Battle of the Somme

First-hand accounts from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ archive of the horrific WW1 battle, plus forced sterilisation in Peru, London's Great Plague of 1665, Ukraine's wartime ultra-nationalists and the US river that caught fire.
Photo: British soldiers advance during the Battle of the Somme, September 1916 (PA)

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Mon 4 Jul 2016 03:06GMT
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Australasia

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