The Somme from Defeat to Victory Military Warfare Documentary BBC DVD

THE SOMME\n\n \n\nFROM DEFEAT TO VICTORY\n\n \n\nFactory Sealed\n\nPAL REGION 2\n\n  THE SOMME IS USUALLY SEEN AS THE DARKEST HOUR OF THE BRITISH ARMY. ALMOST 20,000 BRITISH SOLDIERS DIED ON THE FIRST DAY OF BATTLE ALONE, AND A FURTHER 37,000 WERE WOUNDED. BRITISH COMMANDERS WERE VILIFIED AND THE SOMME BECAME SYNONYMOUS WITH MILITARY INCOMPETENCE. BUT THERE WAS MORE TO THE SOMME THAN JUST SENCELESS SLAUGHTER-BECAUSE IT WAS ON THOSE BLOOD SOAKED FIELDS THAT THE BRITISH ARMY LEARNED HOW TO DEFEAT ITS GERMAN ENEMY..\n\n \n\nFOR THE VERY FIRST TIME THIS MAJOR BBC PRODUCTION COMMISSIONED TO MARK THE 90TH ANNIVERSAY OF THE SOMME \u2013 REVEALS WHAT IT WAS REALLY LIKE TO BE AN ORDINARY BRITISH SOLDIER GOING \u201COVER THE TOP\u201D IN 1916 AND HOW BRITISH TACTICS CHANGED TO TURN A TERRIBLE DEFEAT INTO ULTIMATE VICTORY.\n\n \n\nSPECTACULAR, AUTHENTIC AND DEEPLY MOVING, THIS GRIPPING ACCOUNT OF THE TRUE BATTLE OF THE SOMME OFFERS AN ENTIRLY FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON Ex