
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.
Sharples
Maxwell's ADC
Hinkel

Lt-Gen. Morland

Lt. Walton
Mellor
General von Plessen

General von Soden

Schmitt

Fiddes

Routledge

Lt-Col. Maxwell

Hassler

Captain Tweed
Captain Johnston

Stammler
Himself - Narrator (voice)

Knaupp

Maj-Gen. Perceval
Brig-Gen. Shoubridge

Edwards
Captain Fischer
