The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

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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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Cast

Photo of Eric Carte

Eric Carte

Lt-Gen. Morland

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Wolf Kahler

General von Plessen

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Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt

General von Soden

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Iain McKee

Routledge

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Crispin Redman

Lt-Col. Maxwell

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Benedict Sandiford

Captain Johnston

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Alisdair Simpson

Himself - Narrator (voice)

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John Vine

Brig-Gen. Shoubridge

Photo of Georg Alfred Wittner

Georg Alfred Wittner

Captain Fischer

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