Film

The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

10.0200658mHistory War Documentary

Director: Detlef Siebert
Year: 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.