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Show Schedule. Full TV Schedule. Historian Peter Barton explores the events leading up to and on the notoriously bloody first day of the offensive. Walking the battlefield, he explains the failures that led to over 20,000 British deaths, and how the Germans skilfully used the landscape of the Somme to maximise enemy casualties.
Episode list. The Somme 1916: From Both Sides of the Wire. Top-rated. Mon, Jul 25, 2016. S1.E2. Defence in Depth: Verteidigung in der Tiefe. Peter Barton examines the second phase of the battle, from mid-July to mid-September 1916.
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Jul 1, 2021 · WW1-The Somme - 1916. WW1-The Somme - 1916 - Documentary. Documentry Film. This is an excellent Doco about the Somme. It interesting to note most of the men that were made British Officers were only selected because they went to a Private School. Many mistakes were made by these inexperienced Officers causing many deaths.
End Game - End Spiel. 3/3 Peter Barton concludes his history of the battle in the final months of the campaign.
The coastal section of the Somme has two characteristics - the first is the number of popular beaches, resorts along the coast here such as Le Crotoy, Fort-Mahon Plage, Ault, Cayeux-sur-Mer, Mers-les-Bains and Quend-Plage-les-Pins. Most of these resorts have long sandy beaches, and are spread along an extensive coastline 70 kilometres long.
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