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
Sharples
Darren Black
Maxwell's ADC
Steffan Boje
Hinkel
Eric Carte
Lt-Gen. Morland
Ben Goddard
Lt. Walton
Ben Goddard
Mellor
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
Mike Rogers
Captain Tweed
Benedict Sandiford
Captain Johnston
John Shortell
Stammler
Alisdair Simpson
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Peter Stark
Knaupp
Martin Turner
Maj-Gen. Perceval
John Vine
Brig-Gen. Shoubridge
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