Peter Barton explores the events leading up to the notorious first day of the offensive. He explains the failures that led to over 20,000 British deaths. Show more

Historian Peter Barton concentrates on the second phase of the battle, from the middle of July to the middle of September 1916. Show more

Peter Barton concludes his history of the battle in the final months of the campaign. He shows how a German tactical revolution frustrated the Allied advance. Show more