Battle of the Somme | Narrated by Linden MacIntyre 

The Battle of the Somme represents the indomitable spirit and resilience of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable adversity. We must honor their memory.

My grandfather (Harry Ernest Ludford) was there with the 26th Battalion of New Brunswick. He served in France and Belgium from 1915 until 6 months after the war ended. He went back in WW2 and did it all over again.

Great documentary, thank you. We want to see more, more should be said, more should be shown, more documentary, more movies to make our kids remember and be proud of our Canadian Heroes during wars.

Well done, thank you for making this.

There’s really no non sarcastic way to write this in a comment section, but with the upmost respect, RIP.

Anyone else here from school

Winston Churchill was at the Somme ??

The only flag to fly that day behind them German lines, was the old Red Hand of Ulster with her shamrocks round her nine. God bless the 36th Ulster Division, the Ulster Volunteer Force

What is the music used for this video?

I'm Australian, but the mud and the bullets and the gas and the shells and the disease didn't care which patch you wore on your shoulder. Lest we forget.

Great job! My Scottish ancestors would have given a thumbs up to you.

Ini adalah perang paling berdarah,damai itu indah

I think it is typical but no less disappointing that all allied forces are referred to as British. The Australian, New Zealand, Canadian and other nations lost many fine young men. May they all rest in peace. Those responsible are paying for that now. God will not be mocked. Lest we forget.

It was very far from futile. Most military operations fail to achieve all their objectives. In fact, almost all have aspects that are poorly thought out, or were in hindsight, overly ambitious. But Verdun plus the Somme, plus the Brusilov Offensive all combined in such a way as to put fatal cracks into the structure and endurance of the German Army. Also, like happened at Dieppe in 1942, several key lessons were learned and absorbed by the Allies, that ultimately led to more (generally) effective offensives in 1917 (such as at Vimy Ridge), and to the eventual breakthroughs of late 1918. The German Army never fully recovered from the twin blows of the "Kindermort" of Verdun, along with the hammering they received in the Somme Campaign (which went on for months, though popular media like to focus on the Dieppe-style events of the first day!). If the German Army had NOT sustained the massive losses on the Somme and Verdun, it is likely they would have been successful in the Kaiserschlacht of 1918, and would have had a serious chance at knocking France out of the war. In only a few cases on July 1st, 1916, did British Infantry walk forward, rifles at the high port, only to be mown down by rifle and MG fire. In most cases, the troops picked up "fire and movement" techniques quite quickly, and achieved remarkable (if limited) successes against superior enemy firepower, from exposed positions. These tactics picked up "on the fly" would forever change the face of the war, and 1917 and 1918 were radically different in terms of trench tactics and offensive capabilities, than 1915-1916. The small-unit tactics learned in order to break the trench deadlock found their way into the armies of 1939-1945 and beyond. Like in all wars, eventual successes are the result of prior iterations of the army paying the ultimate price in blood and treasure to absorb the lessons and tactics needed for future success. I cannot fault Haig for his planning and his attempt to break the deadlock. So many things hung in the balance that day - a few key decisions one way or another and the outcome would have been entirely different. The margin for error in WW1 trench warfare was incredibly small.

More please

Damn Daniel

I cried.

5:15 The face of WWI.

Anyone here for school?

I am still proud that they refused to give up

The face of bough

Rip

POgggers

الله لا يردكم

Paix à leurs âmes 🕊️🕊️🕊️💐💐💐.

School bad help

Anyone here after watching peaky blinders

Sad

A very biased commentary which adds nothing to extreme effort by the troops taking part.