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The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

Based on diaries, records and eyewitness accounts, this is the story of the two Battles of the Somme from the perspective of British and German soldiers. It shows how the major lessons learned by the British Army leadership after the disastrous first attacks of July 1916 were turned into victory at the second attempt in September 1916, arguably the turning point for the First World War.

Top Cast

  • Peter Barich

    Peter Barich

    Sharples

  • Darren Black

    Darren Black

    Maxwell's ADC

  • Steffan Boje

    Steffan Boje

    Hinkel

  • Eric Carte

    Eric Carte

    Lt-Gen. Morland

  • Ben Goddard

    Ben Goddard

    Lt. Walton

  • Ben Goddard

    Ben Goddard

    Mellor

  • Wolf Kahler

    Wolf Kahler

    General von Plessen

  • Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt

    Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt

    General von Soden

  • Thorston Manderlay

    Thorston Manderlay

    Schmitt

Overview

Based on diaries, records and eyewitness accounts, this is the story of the two Battles of the Somme from the perspective of British and German soldiers. It shows how the major lessons learned by the British Army leadership after the disastrous first attacks of July 1916 were turned into victory at the second attempt in September 1916, arguably the turning point for the First World War.

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