Public opinion in the world at the beginning of the war was cheerful and young men were looked upon to fight for many of the participating countries. In the movie, Arch and were encouraged to join the fight. Going to war was looked upon as honorable. They went without any idea of what it really was like or what could happen to them once they got there. In the movie, it appeared that the training wasn't taken seriously and it is doubtf

The lasting impression this movie makes upon you stems from the meaningless slaughter caused by the British disregard for colonial soldiers. The British officer orders the Australians to attack even after he knows that they will be cut down. He has a total disregard for their lives. The Australians are ordered to attack and they must for all must obey a direct order especially in wartime. Penalty for disobedience is death. Another motivator is that a true soldier never disobeys a direct order. He is required to put his life on line to follow orders. In the movie it is a horrifying situation. The bombardment has stopped and because of the time difference of their watches, the enemy is prepared to deal with their oncoming charge. To be forced to do something that will be the end of your life and have it be for nothing. It really shows how stupid much of World War I was, how meaningless and costly most of the battles were. Thousands of lives would be lost and not a single foot gained. And how stupid the commanders were for being unable to see that any sort of charge against an entrenched position, fortified with machine guns, really was. This really demonstrates how little the officers valued the infantry. I feel this stems from the British officer coming from upper class and the infantry soldier coming from the middle and lower class. The upper classes seem to hold the colonials as almost sub-humans. They are very careless with their lives. The whole strategy of how they fought the war was severely flawed. They were too stuck on honor and tradition. The bayonet is not a modern warfare weapon and has no place in a modern war. To try to match it against a machine gun is ludicrous. The men knew they were committing suicide. Before the la

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