The Somme: From Defeat to Victory (2006)
2006-07-02
Germany, United Kingdom
58 Min.
PG-13
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.
Cast
Sharples
Maxwell's ADC
Hinkel
Lt-Gen. Morland
Lt. Walton
Mellor
General von Plessen
General von Soden
Schmitt
Fiddes
Routledge
Lt-Col. Maxwell