Aired Tuesday June 22, 6:15pm - 7:35pmon PBS

The Somme 1916: From Both Sides of the Wire

Defence in Depth: Verteidigung in Der Tiefe

Historian Peter Barton concentrates on the second phase of the battle from the middle of July to the middle of September 1916. Barton reveals how an allied advance on objectives which should have lasted days and weeks took months, and resulted in yet more carnage on the Somme battlefield. Whilst British tactics were unvarying, that of their German enemy evolved using the changing landscape of the battlefield.

Category
Documentary / War / History / Miniseries
Original air date
2016-07-25
Cast and crew
  • Clive FlowersDirector
  • Peter BartonHost