Gallipoli
The film ‘Gallipoli' accurately describes the conditions of the battle of Gallipoli during World War I. First, it does a great job of capturing the atmosphere concerning the recruitment of the young men who served in the war. They where encouraged to join and ‘shirking your duty' was frowned upon. Second, the living conditions of the trenches where amazingly lifelike in their appearance. The trenches where probably the single most remembered facet of the Great War. Thirdly, The British officer's disdain towards the infantry was also replicated correctly. The whole British officer's mentality was that infantry was expendable and that the Australians were mere ‘cannon fodder'. The movie touched on each of these points as well as gave us a real picture of how much this war was a massacre of men. 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
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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