I don't think it was completely accurate with the brutality of the war, but if it were completely accurate, not many people would be able to handle that level of violence. The scene where they sent the 5 condemned soldiers into no-man's land was very inaccurate. "throwing them into no-man's land, such things were simply not done." The French army was not as brutal as it was portrayed. Soldiers would sometimes be executed for self-mutilation, but they would suffer the penalty (executed); although, there were few records of French soldiers being executed for
I don't think it was completely accurate with the brutality of the war, but if it were completely accurate, not many people would be able to handle that level of violence. The scene where they sent the 5 condemned soldiers into no-man's land was very inaccurate. "throwing them into no-man's land, such things were simply not done." The French army was not as brutal as it was portrayed. Soldiers would sometimes be executed for self-mutilation, but they would suffer the penalty (executed); although, there were few records of French soldiers being executed for