{"id":3726,"date":"2023-12-07T13:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T13:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historial.fr\/battlefields\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T07:27:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T07:27:53","slug":"battlefields","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.historial.fr\/en\/nos-musees\/battlefields\/","title":{"rendered":"Battlefields and memorial routes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3726\" class=\"elementor elementor-3726 elementor-351\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-635f0d82 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"635f0d82\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-619ccfb6 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"619ccfb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Battlefields and memorial routes<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22f93ff8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"22f93ff8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a81ae50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a81ae50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Riven in two and profoundly scarred by the First World War, between July and November 1916 the Somme was the scene of the most bloody battle fought on the Western Front, which cost the lives of an estimated 1.2 million men (including 440,000 who died on the battlefield).<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-448f1c96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"448f1c96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Unlike the Franco-German duel that was Verdun (February-December 1916), the Battle of the Somme reflected the international dimension of the war. All in all, three million soldiers from twenty different countries (including colonies of the French and British empires) took part in the fighting, along a front line which stretched for some forty-five kilometres. Right up until the final engagements of 1918, this international dimension was typical of the Somme.<br \/>Following the devastation of the Great War, a new wave of funerary monuments and rites sprung up, both collective and personal. Memorials, monuments and cemeteries were created to honour the millions of lives cut short by the conflict.<br \/>\u201cMemorial tourism\u201d and \u201cbattlefield pilgrimages\u201d have flourished ever since. Every year, hundreds of thousands of visitors discover the battlefields of the Somme, admire its imposing commemorative monuments and pay their respects at the graves of ancestors, countrymen and unknown soldiers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c2dec3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7c2dec3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-873b898 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"873b898\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historial.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HGG-nos_musees-Champs_de_bataille-Cimetiere-DE-Rancourt-\u00a9Aurelien-Roger.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-511\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historial.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HGG-nos_musees-Champs_de_bataille-Cimetiere-DE-Rancourt-\u00a9Aurelien-Roger.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.historial.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HGG-nos_musees-Champs_de_bataille-Cimetiere-DE-Rancourt-\u00a9Aurelien-Roger-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.historial.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HGG-nos_musees-Champs_de_bataille-Cimetiere-DE-Rancourt-\u00a9Aurelien-Roger-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.historial.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HGG-nos_musees-Champs_de_bataille-Cimetiere-DE-Rancourt-\u00a9Aurelien-Roger-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a4ebb2 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https:\/\/www.historial.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HGG-nos_musees-Champs_de_bataille-Cimetiere-FR-Rancourt-\u00a9Aurelien-Roger-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a914112 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a914112\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historial.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HGG-nos_musees_champs_de_bataille-Cimetiere-GB-Peronne-\u00a9Aurelien-Roger.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-507\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historial.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HGG-nos_musees_champs_de_bataille-Cimetiere-GB-Peronne-\u00a9Aurelien-Roger.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.historial.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HGG-nos_musees_champs_de_bataille-Cimetiere-GB-Peronne-\u00a9Aurelien-Roger-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.historial.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HGG-nos_musees_champs_de_bataille-Cimetiere-GB-Peronne-\u00a9Aurelien-Roger-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.historial.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/HGG-nos_musees_champs_de_bataille-Cimetiere-GB-Peronne-\u00a9Aurelien-Roger-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb73dc7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eb73dc7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4c73f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4c73f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Somme is dotted with 410 military cemeteries for Commonwealth troops, 22 French cemeteries, 14 German cemeteries and numerous memorials. The region witnessed the emergence of various styles of commemorative architecture, a diversity which reflects the different cultures represented her and their different ways of paying tribute to the deceased.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41e7ba75 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"41e7ba75\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56484e6f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"56484e6f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d27b66a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3d27b66a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e845e38 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e845e38\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f9dc93d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2f9dc93d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24809009 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24809009\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The remembrance<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57184621 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57184621\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tour<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eac39f1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7eac39f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-780e0dc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"780e0dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3440d00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3440d00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Remembrance Tour <\/span>honours the memory of one of the most terrible battles of the entire war. The twin museums that form the Historial are devoted to ensuring that the Memory of this tragedy passes into History.<br \/>Established by the Somme county council, the Memorial Circuit connects some of the most emblematic sites of the Great War, places of homage, commemoration and pilgrimage.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-595e42f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"595e42f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e7ae2b raven--h-position-center raven--v-position-middle elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-inside elementor-widget elementor-widget-raven-slider\" data-id=\"1e7ae2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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for groups<\/a> &#8211; for information and reservations contact: <a href=\"resagroup@historial.org\">resagroup@historial.org<\/a><\/p><p>For more information on the Somme battlefields visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somme14-18.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.somme14-18.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-695314dd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"695314dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70a9410f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70a9410f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15a9ebd0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"15a9ebd0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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