A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
When soldiers in WW1 refuse to continue with an impossible attack, their superiors decide to make an example of them.
In Africa during WW1, a gin-swilling riverboat owner/captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to attack an enemy warship.
Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert’s hopeful journey takes him out of England and across Europe as the war rages on.