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The Somme 1916: From Both Sides of the Wire

2016

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  • 1

EP1 First Day - Erster Tag Jul 18, 2016

Military historian Peter Barton begins by focusing on the events leading up to the offensive, including what the British got wrong and how much the Germans knew about British plans through the interrogation of prisoners.

EP2 Defence in Depth: Verteidigung in der Tiefe Jul 25, 2016

Peter Barton examines the second phase of the battle, from mid-July to mid-September 1916. He reveals how an Allied advance that should have taken weeks lasted for months and the new tactics the Germans developed to respond.

EP3 End Game - End Spiel Aug 01, 2016

Peter Barton concludes his history of the battle in the final months of the campaign. He shows how a German tactical revolution frustrated the Allied advance.
8.5| 0h30m| en
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With access to both German and British archives, military historian Peter Barton re-examines one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War from both sides of No Man's Land.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?
HottWwjdIam There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.
Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.