Somme, The - From Defeat To Victory Details

Somme, The - From Defeat To Victory

The Somme is usually seen as the darkest hour of the British Army. Almost 20,000 British soldiers died on the first day of battle alone, and a further 37,000 were wounded. British commanders were vilified and the Somme became synonymous with military incompetence. But there was more to the Somme than just senseless slaughter - because it was on those blood-soaked fields that the British Army learned how to defeat its German enemy...

For the very first time this major BBC production - commissioned to mark the 90th anniversary of the Somme - reveals what it was really like to be an ordinary British soldier going 'over the top' in 1916 and how British tactics changed to turn a terrible defeat into ultimate victory.

Starring	ben goddard (ii), Ben Goddard; Darren Black; Peter Stark; Benedict Sandiford; Adam Webb; Steffan Boje; Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt; John Vine; Peter Barich, Ben Goddard, Darren Black, Peter Stark, Benedict Sandiford, Adam Webb, Steffan Boje, Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt, John Vine, Peter Barich, Thorston Manderlay, martin turner (ii), Martin Turner, Eric Carte, Chris Hannon, Georg Alfred Wittner, Alisdair Simpson
Director	Detlef Siebert
Studio	SIMPLY MEDIA
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 19 mins
Certificate
Genres	Documentary, Television
Language	DVD: English
Released	DVD: 03 Jul 2006 Production year: 2006
Format	DVD