A 1976 documentary, narrated by Leo McKern. "The devil is coming", the BBC's 1964 documentary. Īrchaeological digs into British and German trenches. Interviews with veterans, combined with contemporary footage. "Somme Battle Stories", AJ Dawson, published in 1916, read aloud. On the French role and the German experience. Hardcore History, which has more than 3 million downloads, was nominated in 2012 for a.
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Once a professional radio host, Carlin eventually took his shows to the web, and he now hosts two critically acclaimed independent podcasts: Common Sense and Hardcore History. John Buchan's 1916 account (between bouts of writing spy fiction about WWI).Ī 1918 Michelin book, "In memory of the Michelin workmen and employees who died gloriously for their country", followed by their 1919 battlefield guide.Īlan Seeger's death "I Have A Rendezvous With Death". Dan Carlin is an American podcaster, political commentator and amateur historian. German Crown Prince Rupprecht reflects on the British attack during the battle. Reporter Philip Gibbs describes the battle.Īlfred Dambitsch on destructive technology.Ĭommanding general Douglas Haig's summary of the battle at year's end.
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Timeline of the full almost five months long battle. More than 1000 hits (!) in the First World War British Poetry Archive. Photos, maps, paintings from from Wikimedia Commons. Elsewhere is the massive Thiepval monument.Ī BBC gallery. The listener is left to connect the dots and see everything lost to a generation in the Great War. In France one person preserves and maintains a single crater from the battle to this day. It seems I’ve found a (mostly) kindred spirit in Dan Carlin, host of the long-form award-winning podcast Hardcore History and creator of the recent six-part World War One series A Blueprint for Armageddon. All told almost a million casualties occurred on all sides, the Somme became Britain's iconic WWI event, and the struggle has been controversial ever since. By the day's end 20,000 of them would be dead, the first casualties of nearly half a million by the terrible battle's end. One hundred years ago today, British imperial soldiers left their trenches to attack German lines supposedly suppressed by an extraordinary artillery barrage.
On July 1st 1916 began the deadliest day in British history. Here are my notes and links from the post I also put up today:
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