A captain cries near the end of the film. At first glance it appears he doesn't want to fight. He actually has shell shock, now known as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). As the war went on, many soldiers lost their sanity due to the number of deaths, the dangers of trench conditions, and the fact they could die or be wounded any second of the day. Those who refused to fight could be executed. Between August 1914 and March 1920, 346 British and Commonwealth soldiers were executed by firing squad for cowardice, desertion, or a handful of other offenses. The Armed Forces Act of 2007 gave posthumous pardons to 306 of the executed soldiers. Of the 40 soldiers not pardoned, 37 were executed for murder, and 3 for mutiny.

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