The Somme 1916 - From Both Sides of the Wire
First Day - Erster Tag
Season 1 Episode 1 of 3
Peter Barton examines the events of the First World War battle from German and British perspectives, revealing a story that contradicts much of the received wisdom. He begins by exploring the circumstances leading up to the start of the offensive and revealing the failures that resulted in more than 20,000 British deaths on the first day, and looks at how the Germans were able to use the landscape of the Somme to maximise enemy casualties
The Somme 1916 - From Both Sides of the Wire airs on PBS America at 5:45 PM, Sunday 10 November. (Subtitles.)
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Peter Barton
Presenter
Alastair Laurence
Series Producer
Michael Poole
Executive Producer