July 1, 1916, 7:30 a.m. In the Somme, 500,000 French and British launched themselves, on a 40 km front, into the most senseless offensive of an absurd war. With 35 kg on their backs and forbidden to run or throw themselves to the ground, they walk towards the end like in a parade. In one morning, 60,000 men fell.
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This film recounts the most tragic day in the history of all wars and reveals the mechanism of stubbornness in error.


00:00 Somme 1916, The senseless battle
10:47 The start of the British offensive
18:16 The tragedy begins
28:20 The summer of 1916, the disaster continues
39:33 Autumn 1916, the horror of war and new weapons
48:09 The end of the assaults and the results of this disastrous battle


With more than a million dead and wounded on both sides, the Somme cost many more lives in half the time as Verdun. For an insignificant result.

Somme 1916, the senseless battle
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