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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 doubtful
If he was to order them to die, then he would die with them. The British officer orders the Australians to attack even after he knows that they will be cut down. It also gives you an insight how little the majority of British officers cared for the common soldier, particularly the Australians. You get an excellent sense of what it must have been like to be there and put in that situation of how the innocent children of the world were made to live in holes and forced to charge machine guns armed with bayonets. I agree with the brutal !picture the film gives of World War I. That was exactly what happened on both sides all over the war. They were too stuck on honor and tradition. The innocence of the youths fighting the war was portrayed in a very touching fashion. They also do an excellent job of revealing how random death can come. A difference between the line officer and the staff officer was also shown. The British officer showed no reluctance to order the men to certain suicide where the line officer was unwilling to order his men to do something that he, himself wouldn't also do. Fighting on the Gallipoli front was very close in many places.
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