The Somme: From Defeat to Victory
The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

2006-07-02 - 58 minutes

10.00 / 10

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.

Screenplay

Director - Detlef Siebert

Genres

History

War

Documentary

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Cast

Peter Barich

Peter Barich

Sharples

Darren Black

Darren Black

Maxwell's ADC

Eric Carte

Eric Carte

Lt-Gen. Morland

Ben Goddard

Ben Goddard

Lt. Walton

Wolf Kahler

Wolf Kahler

General von Plessen

Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt

Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt

General von Soden

Iain McKee

Iain McKee

Routledge

Crispin Redman

Crispin Redman

Lt-Col. Maxwell

Mike Rogers

Mike Rogers

Captain Tweed

Benedict Sandiford

Benedict Sandiford

Captain Johnston

Alisdair Simpson

Alisdair Simpson

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Martin Turner

Martin Turner

Maj-Gen. Perceval

John Vine

John Vine

Brig-Gen. Shoubridge

Adam Webb

Adam Webb

Edwards

Georg Alfred Wittner

Georg Alfred Wittner

Captain Fischer

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