Documentary about the battle with the heaviest losses in World War I: The Battle of Somme in France. Due to a ruse by the German troops, the battle dragged on for more than five months.

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One million soldiers were killed or wounded or remained missing. On 1 July 1916 alone, 19,000 British soldiers fell, plus 36,000 were wounded. Ultimately without result. Military historian Basil Liddell Hart: "Nothing more than stupid, mass mutual slaughter".
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00:00 Intro
00:55 The Battle of the Somme
02:50 The cunning of the German troops
09:44 Stalemate on the Somme
19:16 Reconstruction of the trenches
27:54 Capture of the fortress
32:46 The biggest blast

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