Sentences with phrase «even deserters»

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In December 1915, the British command even ordered artillery fire to mark every daylight hour, «and threats to court martial fraternizers and shoot deserters [had] put the final block on any contact,» according to the BBC's documentary.

His main goal is to package the war and sell it to the citizenry, but when he runs afoul of a European commander (Brendan Gleeson), he's labeled a deserter and forced into combat even when, he readily admits, he can barely handle the trauma of a paper cut.