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The Somme was an area in France that went through extensive fighting for much of World War I.
In particular, it was the sight of the Battle of the Somme in 1916. (COMIC: Time Bomb!, The Weeping Angels of Mons)
Colonel Schott, a veteran of the earlier battle of Tannenberg, was wounded at the Somme but survived and was awarded an Iron Cross, First Class. (PROSE: Illegal Alien)