Compared with the plot, people pay more attention to the weapons in it...

Ada 2022-03-25 09:01:08



Compared to Spielberg's other movie of the same type, Saving Private Ryan, this one can only be said to be qualified.... Some people say that they were moved to tears when they saw the people and horses meet again... Is the tear point lower? ?

The first hour of the plot was blunt and made me dizzy and want to sleep. After an hour and a half, the first full-scale war between nations was more vividly displayed. Starting from the famous Maxine machine gun, the whole picture felt like it came up. Now, the cannons of the Krupp arsenal, the gas warfare, the original tanks used in actual combat, and the most impressive stalemate battle during


World War I... The background of the war is to defend the motherland Under the slogan, the whole country unanimously supported the wartime policy. The support for the war among conscripts of the right age, especially among young people, is astonishing. How many intellectuals all over Germany joined forces to sign their names in support of the war. Thousands of young people in Berlin joined the army with cheers like a festival, and in France the enlistment rate reached 95%. The same is true of other countries. Under extreme nationalism and the proliferation of national Darwinism, there is reason to believe that they firmly believe in the justice of their actions, in order to defend the motherland or sacred words such as freedom and liberation.
By the time the war ended in 1918, the wiki stated that it was
one of the most destructive wars in European history. About 65 million people fought, with about 10 million killed and 20 million wounded. The war caused severe economic damage, estimated at $170 billion!
British Foreign Secretary Gray commented that "the lights in Europe have gone out, and we will not see them light up again in our lifetime."
But he did not expect a bigger world war to come again more than 20 years later. ........

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War Horse quotes

  • Rose Narracott: [stopping her husband from taking a drink] Some days are best forgotten. Today ain't one of them.

  • Base Camp Officer: [capturing Maj. Stewart and his soldiers in their attack on a German camp after its thick defenses defeat them] What? You think a garrison on open grounds would go UNDEFENDED? Look at yourself! Who do you think you are?