Should historical fiction at least have a basis in fact. There are so many things wrong with this one can only assume the writer developed a story and then slipped it into a period piece without doing any research. In no particular order:
1) For the British, in 1914 those that rushed to enlist were not immediately sent to France. It was the BEF's 'Old Contemptible" that fought the battles of Mons and the Marne. The Passing Bells has it that raw recruits comprised this force.
2) In the opening days of the war there was no trench warfare, it was still a time of movement on the open field. Only learning the lessons of the killing power of artillery and the machine gun during the opening battles did the trenches appear and the static war begin. The Passing Bells has the raw recruits filing into the trenches in the Autumn of 1914.
There's more but this givers the general idea. I hope the story surpasses the shortcomings in the next episodes.
1) For the British, in 1914 those that rushed to enlist were not immediately sent to France. It was the BEF's 'Old Contemptible" that fought the battles of Mons and the Marne. The Passing Bells has it that raw recruits comprised this force.
2) In the opening days of the war there was no trench warfare, it was still a time of movement on the open field. Only learning the lessons of the killing power of artillery and the machine gun during the opening battles did the trenches appear and the static war begin. The Passing Bells has the raw recruits filing into the trenches in the Autumn of 1914.
There's more but this givers the general idea. I hope the story surpasses the shortcomings in the next episodes.
