Just a heads up All Quiet on the Western Front remake
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I thought it was absolutely brutal. The french counter attack especially so.
I thought that it got over the idea of needless or pointless loss very well - that's the futility. Survival of the individual is not futile, but then, very rarely is it truly in the individuals gift to ensure it happens. And that is reinforced throughout.
Very well made.
I thought that it got over the idea of needless or pointless loss very well - that's the futility. Survival of the individual is not futile, but then, very rarely is it truly in the individuals gift to ensure it happens. And that is reinforced throughout.
Very well made.
If the Great War was futile [as is the theme of many].is not Ukraine v. Russia not equally futile, and, if not, why not?
Thank you, someone else who saw it, pointlessly sending troops over the top against overwhelming odds to be beaten back, the futility of it all was summed up by the last assault when terms had already been agreed and the war was over at 11am, to simply satisfy the whims of a senior officer by sending his troops to their deaths on a bull**** pretext while he was safely ensconced in his chateau at the rear.
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I did ask my question first, to which you have not answered.
However, out of courtesy:
The fact that we are free to debate, and in English, not German. In August 1914 Great Britain did not have a "do nothing" option..
However, out of courtesy:
The fact that we are free to debate, and in English, not German. In August 1914 Great Britain did not have a "do nothing" option..
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The difference is Ukraine and Russia have not come to a peace agreement, so no futile assault has been launched 15 minutes before the end of the war.
This account of one American action the night of 10-11 November might rise to the level of "futility".
https://historycollection.com/the-tr...ssly-brutal/3/
https://historycollection.com/the-tr...ssly-brutal/3/
