The Somme | War Walks
1 July 1916 was the blackest day in the British army's history. Richard Holmes walks the fields where 57,000 soldiers were killed or wounded in just a few hours, and continues the story until the end of the Somme campaign in 1916.
Tweet- Clip length: 28'25''
- Broadcast year: 1996
- History | The First World War, 1894-1918 | The First World War, 1894-1918 | The First World War: stalemate
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
- Provider: BBC
- Channel: BBC Two
- Programme: War Walks
- Series: 1
- Episode: The Somme
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Hitler's Last Days | Days That Shook the World
A dramatised anatomy of the final hours of Adolf Hitler, based on accounts of five witnesses who were in a secret underground bunker with him when he committed suicide.
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Episode 1 | Hitler's Rise: The Colour Films
Hitler's Rise: The Colour Films follow the Führer's rise to power, which was as unforeseeable as it was catastrophic. This first episode follows his early years.