Wow. Mile after mile of trenches appeared from nowhere. No planning, no policy and by weird coincidence, facing spontaneous German trenches.

Oh, and when people are ill, that they have shell shock, a condition noted and recognised from the time of the Boer War, you act in the interest of patients, not tie them to a post and shoot the fuckers. That's whose interest, you ignorant twat.

You can believe what you want. Men join the army voluntarily for many reasons, getting away from a small town, alternative to starving, better chance of getting laid, escaping the law, read too many adventure books..

You do talk bollocks.