Tales from the Battlefields

70: New Zealanders on the Somme - September 1916


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In this episode we follow in the footsteps of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force at Flers during the Battle of the Somme in September 1916. We look at what happened in this successful operation through the eyes of the soldiers who were there. We are joined, as we walk the battlefield, by the relatives of 2 Kiwis who died in the battle and get their thoughts on what their sacrifice means to them.
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Tales from the BattlefieldsBy Terry Whenham

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