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Within the walls of the ancient château, nowadays run by the Somme département, the "Historial de la Grande Guerre" museum is a ‘must visit’ for those interested in the Great War. Created in 1992, by architect Henri Ciriani, it illustrates the development of the conflict. The building is characterised by the stark whiteness of the cement ...
The siege of Peronne was a battle during the Franco-Prussian War, [12] from December 26, 1870 [2] until January 9, 1871, in Péronne, Somme of France. [13] The German siege force, under the command of Lieutenant Generals August von Goeben and Albert von Barnekow, [10] [6] forced the French army at Péronne- which could not be rescued [3] and had to surrender after more than a week under the ...
The Museum of the Great War (French: Historial de la Grande Guerre) located near the heart of the World War I Somme battlefields, is housed within the Château de Péronne, a castle in the town of Péronne, France. Péronne was under German occupation during the war, and inhabitants of it suffered a lot because their town was almost completely ...
Somme (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Picard: Sonme) is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Hauts-de-France region . It is bordered by Pas-de-Calais and Nord to the north, Aisne to the east, Oise to the south and Seine-Maritime to the southwest.
New Zealand and the Battle of the Somme; Peronne Great War Historial; The Somme – Northern Ireland Remembers; Official website of Delville Wood; Experience of the German First Army in the Somme Battle, 24 June – 26 November 1916, Below F., pp. 77–143 (1917) CWGC: 1916: The Somme Archived 30 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine
The Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin was a battle on the Western Front during World War I.As part of the Allied Hundred Days Offensive on the Western Front in the late summer of 1918, the Australian Corps crossed the Somme River on the night of 31 August and broke the German lines at Mont Saint-Quentin and Péronne.
The Château de Péronne is a partly ruined castle in the commune of Péronne in the Somme département of France. [1] It consists of the ruins of three towers and the curtain walls connecting them. [1] The castle is the property of the commune. It has been listed since 1924 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. [1]
The Communauté de communes de la Haute Somme is a communauté de communes in the Somme département and in the Hauts-de-France région of France. Its seat is in Péronne . [ 1 ] Its area is 462.8 km 2 , and its population was 27,253 in 2018.