The Somme: From Defeat to Victory (2006)

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

Maxwell's ADC
Routledge
Lt-Col. Maxwell
Captain Tweed
Captain Johnston
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Maj-Gen. Perceval
Brig-Gen. Shoubridge
Captain Fischer
Lt-Gen. Morland
Lt. Walton
General von Plessen
General von Soden

Crew

Line Producer
Executive Producer
Co-Producer
Executive Producer
Director of Photography