The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

10.0 2006 58 min
History War Documentary

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 leader…

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Director
Detlef Siebert
Writer
Detlef Siebert

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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

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