This text was translated automatically from French.
Combles today
A commune of the Haute Somme community of communes
Further reading
Great War / memory today
Did you know? The parish register saved from the ruins
A Combles parish register from 1784 is said to have been recovered from the ruins of the town hall during the war, before being returned to the Somme archives in 2004.
Second World War
Combles in the Second World War
The history of Combles does not end with the reconstruction: the village was once again under German occupation from 1940 to 1945.
Reconstruction
Reconstruction and remembrance
After the Armistice, Combles was among the hardest-hit villages of the Upper Somme. The reconstruction of the 1920s reshaped the village, including Saint-Vaast Church and the war memorial.
Great War
Combles 1914–1918
In 1916, Combles was part of a major German defensive system before falling to the Allies on 26 September 1916, almost entirely destroyed.
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