It's been 100 years since the start of one of history's bloodiest battles
Shrapnel bursts over a reserve trench above Canadian lines during the Battle of the Somme, in France, 1916.
1916An archive picture shows soldiers and horses amid a destroyed spot on the battlefield at Maurepas on the Somme front, northern France October 1916.
Canadian stretcher bearers carry the dead from a battlefield during the Battle of the Somme, France in July,1916.
Wounded are dressed in a trench during the Courcelette operation of the Battle of the Somme, France on September 15, 1916.
Two gas shells explodes near Canadian lines during the Battle of the Somme, France in October, 1916
Dead German soldiers lie after a Canadian charge during the Battle of the Somme, France in 1916.
Canadian soldiers leave trenches during the Battle of the Somme, France in 1916.
An undated archive picture shows French soldiers standing in a trench southern Thiepval, on the Somme front, northern France.
Canadian soldiers return from trenches during the Battle of the Somme, France in 1916.
An archive picture taken in 1916 shows French soldiers of the 67th Infantry Regiment on the Somme front, northern France.
In this undated file photo, French soldiers carry the wounded during the World War One Battle of the Somme, France.
An archive picture taken shows a statue of Christ on the cross on a tree at Fricourt on the Somme front in France October 1916.
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