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The Somme: From Defeat to Victory (2006)

The Somme: From Defeat to Victory (2006)

History War Documentary
Release Date: 2006, July 2
Directors: Detlef Siebert
Countries: Germany, United Kingdom
Production: BBC, NDR, The Open University
Cast: Wolf Kahler, Peter Stark, Erich Redman, Thorston Manderlay, Iain McKee, John Vine, Eric Carte, Benedict Sandiford, Adam Webb, Alisdair Simpson, Georg Alfred Wittner, Martin Turner

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.

Keywords:

1910s world war i trenches battle of the somme