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.

Country:

Germany,

United Kingdom

Genre:

History,

War,

Documentary

Duration:

58 minutes

Year:

2006

Director:

Detlef Siebert

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Company:

BBC,

NDR,

The Open University

Cast:

Sharples

Maxwell's ADC

Hinkel

Lt-Gen. Morland

Lt. Walton

Crew:

Line Producer

Executive Producer

Producer

Co-Producer

Music