If one thing became clear due to the movie, it was the huge improvement in technology that had occurred by the First World War. At the same time, military strategists just weren't getting it.
Armies still used cavalry and loved cavalry charges, something that was nothing less than slaughter for man and beast when machine guns were encountered as in the movie. Plus, it is not a good idea to attack your enemy when they are entrenched and fortified.
Definitely never send men into No Man's Land. Then, there were the new vehicles powered by gasoline engines. Still, however, armies used horses to pull artillery.
The tanks were new as well and mightily scary-looking. I loved it when Joey, the horse, jumped over the front of the tank and galloped down its back in the one scene.
Trench warfare and gas attacks were also shown in the movie.
Well Worth Seeing. --Cooter
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