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.
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Steffan Boje
Hinkel

Eric Carte
Lt-Gen. Morland

Wolf Kahler
General von Plessen

Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt
General von Soden

Thorston Manderlay
Schmitt

Iain McKee
Fiddes

Iain McKee
Routledge

Crispin Redman
Lt-Col. Maxwell

Erich Redman
Hassler

Benedict Sandiford
Captain Johnston

Alisdair Simpson
Himself - Narrator (voice)

Peter Stark
Knaupp
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