
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.
Release Date: 2006-07-02
History
War
Documentary
Official website: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/whats-on/ou-on-the-bbc-the-somme
Casts

Steffan Boje
as Hinkel

Eric Carte
as Lt-Gen. Morland

Wolf Kahler
as General von Plessen

Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt
as General von Soden

Thorston Manderlay
as Schmitt

Iain McKee
as Fiddes

Iain McKee
as Routledge

Crispin Redman
as Lt-Col. Maxwell

Erich Redman
as Hassler

Benedict Sandiford
as Captain Johnston