nelford_safc
Striker
I read a story once about an American company commander who sent a small volunteer force to try and capture a town about an hour before the armistice. He wanted to catch the town because it had a luxury baths in it and the soldiers were eager because they’d seen no action and wanted to return home as heroes. They got slaughtered.I mean the timing… last 15 minutes sort of thing. Judging by the film then there should have been hundreds of German and French soldiers killed in the last 5 to 10 minutes, but a quick google indicates that wasn’t the case. But yes I agree it’s good for showing the futility of it all so for me it didn’t ruin it.
The film - thought it was really good but I couldn’t turn my attention away from the fact it was in German but dubbed English. The only ridiculous part was right at the end when a commander shouts “it’s 11am” in the middle of the hand to hand combat and both sides seem to hear him and go “no bother marra that’s that” and just stop what they’re doing there and then. Seemed a bit daft.