Synopsis

The year was 1917, and weariness with war had settled upon the world. In the sheltered areas behind the lines, unrest stirred, echoing the upheaval that had toppled the Tsar in Russia. On the front, mutiny grew like the disastrous fighting at Chemin des Dames in France. Across the Atlantic, the relentless depredations of German submarines threatened to draw America into the conflict. And in Belgium, the immense loss of life at the battle of Passchendaele weighed heavily upon the soldiers of the