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The Somme 1916 - From Both Sides of the Wire

Episode 2: Defence in Depth - Verteidigung in der Tiefe

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

Historian Peter Barton concentrates on the second phase of the battle, from the middle of July to the middle of September 1916. Show more

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