The Somme

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The Somme
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Beneath the Somme battlefield lies one of the great secrets of the First World War, a recently-discovered network of deep tunnels thought to extend over several kilometres. This lost underground battlefield, centred on the small French village of La Boisselle in Picardy, was con...

2016
1:42:28
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This powerful and touching docudrama recounts in detail the story of the bloodiest day in British military history: The Battle of the Somme, on 1 July 1916
Episodes 2014
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This powerful and touching docudrama recounts in detail the story of the bloodiest day in British military history - The Battle…
At 7.30am on 1 July 1916, British soldiers mounted an attack on German army positions in northern France: the biggest battle…
Episodes 2013
Archaeologists examine a labyrinth built by British troops beneath the Somme battlefield.
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