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

The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

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2006
0h 58m
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History
War
Documentary

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.

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NDR
The Open University

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22 members
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Peter Barich

Sharples

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Darren Black

Maxwell's ADC

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Steffan Boje

Hinkel

Steffan Boje
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Eric Carte

Lt-Gen. Morland

Eric Carte
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Ben Goddard

Lt. Walton

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Ben Goddard

Mellor

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Wolf Kahler

General von Plessen

Wolf Kahler
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Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt

General von Soden

Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt
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Thorston Manderlay

Schmitt

Thorston Manderlay
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Iain McKee

Fiddes

Iain McKee
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Iain McKee

Routledge

Iain McKee
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Crispin Redman

Lt-Col. Maxwell

Crispin Redman
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Erich Redman

Hassler

Erich Redman
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Mike Rogers

Captain Tweed

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Benedict Sandiford

Captain Johnston

Benedict Sandiford
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John Shortell

Stammler

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Alisdair Simpson

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Alisdair Simpson
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Peter Stark

Knaupp

Peter Stark
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Martin Turner

Maj-Gen. Perceval

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John Vine

Brig-Gen. Shoubridge

John Vine
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Adam Webb

Edwards

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Georg Alfred Wittner

Captain Fischer

Georg Alfred Wittner

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