3 Jul 2016

Andrew Macdonald - The First Day of the Somme

From Sunday Morning, 10:35 am on 3 July 2016

New Zealand historian, Andrew Macdonald, has written the complete account of Britain's worst-ever military disaster - the battle of the Somme. His book tells the story of the first day of the battle, from both the British and German perspectives. He joins Wallace to examine that terrible day and to talk about his own journey in researching and writing First Day of the Somme.