OK the army needs food, but at least leave some for the people. At 78 minutes in-I missed the beginning. They steal the man's food and even the jars of food. Hope they leave some for them to eat and live on. It wold take months to grow some more. I understand about the horses. But they portray the army as thieves in this part of the movie. I doubt they were thieves. But were hungry.
Maj. John Sheppard: Hi, folks. I hope I didn't crash-land on anybody.
Well apparently the Germans left enough for them, because when they come back months later and take the horses, the man and his grandaughter are still alive and clearly not starving.
shareYes, but some farmers must have been struggling in the past. Some still do.
Would the Army take every single bit of food?
Maj. John Sheppard: Hi, folks. I hope I didn't crash-land on anybody.
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Can't believe they would do that. Nowadays they wouldn't do that. Wonder what else they would do.
Maj. John Sheppard: Hi, folks. I hope I didn't crash-land on anybody.
Hate to break it to you, it still happens to this day. I served in in Iraq and we did still food from local shops when we ran out of our MRE's. It was sad, but we didn't have much of a choice.
shareI was surprised they let them live or didn't torch the buildings.Really..? Why would they see these civilians as enemies? What country were they in in this scene?
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You don't sound cynical at all (at least not to me; raw facts are my sort of thing, and I always tell folks, "I'm not pessimistic, I'm just realistic.").
"Famine, disease, and accidents" doesn't really cover outright murder. And I'm not sure "military action" does either. But I assume the latter is meant to do so.
In any case, this should answer the OP's question even further then. It basically means that stealing their food is nothing compared to what really went down in real life, in the real war.
I'm not a control freak, I just like things my way
The Germans did practice a "scorched earth" policy as they retreated behind the Hindenburg line.
shareAlthough WWI had its moments of a gentlemans war, remember this was 1914 and still a tradionally like European war, just like any other one in the past. It was any occupied territorys "duty" to serve any invading army with resources. But not surprisingly, of course people suffered hereof.
shareAlthough WWI had its moments of a gentlemans war, remember this was 1914 and still a tradionally like European war, just like any other one in the past.
They did more than that, they would also rape then murder the women of the homes, they were savages and I am glad they didn't show that in film, I think it's understood that's what happened to Emilie because when the soldier was discussing her with the grandfather he said, we'll return in Spring and also the comment of the soldier saying "is she ill?" The grandfather had to threaten to kill them. I imagine that's what happened to her mother and why the father died, defending her. I've always said if anybody truly lost in those wars it was women because they were not given weapons to fight, they were left to their own doomed fate.
shareOn second thought, maybe she really was sickly lol!
shareThe German army was ruthless in stripping the local lands for food & other necessities. Their army wasn't good at supplying rations so the troops were encouraged to forage or they would starve.
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What sort of yogurt?
Maj. John Sheppard: Hi, folks. I hope I didn't crash-land on anybody.
Look, if the OP thinks that the Germans taking food and supplies from the land they had invaded was over the top, he/she should really read about German conduct during that war. Especially what they got up to in Belgium. It was completely plausible as I'm sure the German supply lines were suffering at that time and they weren't shy about grabbing food from people they saw as their enemies.
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It's not like the Germans were the pinnacle of moral conduct in either of the world wars...
shareI thought it was ridiculous the jam maker had all that white sugar lying around like there wasn't a war going on.
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