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Somme (Hawthorn Ridge Mine Explosion) Scenario#: 8     Date: 1 July 1916     Location: Hawthorn Ridge Crater, France The initial plans for the battle of the Somme were much larger, but the French disaster at Verdun, early in 1916, caused these plans to be scaled back. This meant that the majority of the offensive effort would switch from … the Great War (C&C) — the Great War