Europe unites to remember Somme fallen 100 years on

One week after Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, British prime minister David Cameron and members of the royal family were standing side-by-side with France’s president to celebrate their historic alliance at the centenary of the deadliest battle of World War I.

More than 1 million people were killed, wounded or went missing in the Battle of the Somme in northern France, pitting English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and French troops against German ones from July 1 to November 18, 1916.

Britain once again held a moment of silence to mark 100 years since the bloodiest day of British military history.