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.

Genres

Cast

Steffan Boje

Hinkel

Eric Carte

Lt-Gen. Morland

Wolf Kahler

General von Plessen

Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt

General von Soden

Thorston Manderlay

Schmitt

Iain McKee

Fiddes

Iain McKee

Routledge

Crispin Redman

Lt-Col. Maxwell

Erich Redman

Hassler

Benedict Sandiford

Captain Johnston

Alisdair Simpson

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Peter Stark

Knaupp