Battle of the Somme

The Battle of the Somme is an immersive account of one of the most iconic and tragic battles in history, told through its last survivors and through families and communities at home who lost loved ones. When the troops went over the top in June 1916, they imagined this was the attack that would end the war. Instead, it turned into the most costly battle of the entire war, with enormous casualties on both sides.     We tell the stories of the officers and the men, the Tommies who sustained life-changing injuries and the nurses who treated them. We