The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

July. 02,2006

Rating：

7.6

Genre：

History Documentary War

Keywords：

World War I Trenches

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Steffan Boje as Hinkel

Eric Carte as Lt-Gen. Morland

Wolf Kahler as General von Plessen

Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt as General von Soden

Thorston Manderlay as Schmitt

Iain McKee as Routledge

Erich Redman as Hassler

Benedict Sandiford as Captain Johnston

Alisdair Simpson as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Peter Stark as Knaupp

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