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Re: 1917 gban007 Send a noteboard - 18/01/2020 01:00:08 AM

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This World War One British General, has ascertained from solid intelligence, that a regiment under his command is readying an assault on an enemy position that is too well-fortified for the attack to succeed, and he wants to call off the attack to save the lives of his men. Seriously. Colin Firth REALLY has got to stop playing these unbelievably ahistoric characters, like George VI in "The King's Speech" who have been drastically altered to appeal modern sensibilities.


Just on this bit, I don't think it's necessarily that implausible. I recommend reading Robin Neilland's Great War Generals on the Western Front, as a good book digging into the idea that the British Great War Generals were incompetent and uncaring.
In short, some were, but some weren't and really did care for their troops. There were some 78 Brigadier-General or higher officers in the British Army killed in active service, showing that they weren't all avoiding action either.

It may be that I'm over reading the emphasis, but I also have found even before I read this book that it seemed funny that the British generals seemed to cop a lot, when a lot of the blood baths that occurred on the Western Front were driven by the British, French and German generals, and indeed the French Army mutinied at one point, so I think it unfair to pick on the British alone.

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