The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

Detlef Siebert
2006-07-02


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58 min

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

Name Character Team
Peter Barich Sharples Unowned
Darren Black Maxwell's ADC Unowned
Steffan Boje Hinkel Unowned
Eric Carte Lt-Gen. Morland Unowned
Ben Goddard Lt. Walton Unowned
Ben Goddard Mellor Unowned
Wolf Kahler General von Plessen Unowned
RĂ¼diger Kuhlbrodt General von Soden Unowned
Thorston Manderlay Schmitt Unowned
Iain McKee Fiddes Unowned
Iain McKee Routledge Unowned
Crispin Redman Lt-Col. Maxwell Unowned
Erich Redman Hassler Unowned
Mike Rogers Captain Tweed Unowned
Benedict Sandiford Captain Johnston Unowned
John Shortell Stammler Unowned
Alisdair Simpson Himself - Narrator (voice) Unowned
Peter Stark Knaupp Unowned
Martin Turner Maj-Gen. Perceval Unowned
John Vine Brig-Gen. Shoubridge Unowned
Adam Webb Edwards Unowned
Georg Alfred Wittner Captain Fischer Unowned