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The next day they begin fighting again, with Jonathan gunning down a German after the rest would not fire on him. The French officer is rebuked by his General for the fraternization, while the Germans are sent to the Eastern Front. At the end, a Scots Catholic bishop preaches to new Scottish Highlander troops, giving them an ultra-patriotic bloodthirsty message of being on a "crusade" against the inhuman Germans. At this the Scottish chaplain who came over with the brothers turns away in dismay.

 

 

* [[Badass Preacher]]: While he was as a stretcher bearer and not a soldier...the priest was undeniably Badass. He went into no man's land ''twice'' to save someone's life without a thought.

* [[Heel Realization]]: The French Lieutenant when he tells his father "I feel closer to these 'monsters' than ''any'' man who says ''death to krauts!" over a stuffed turkey."

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Jonathan {{spoiler|when his brother dies.}}

** Jonathan's brother William is [[Band of Brothers (TV)|Private Babe Heffron]].

* [[Insignia Rip Off Ritual]]: Subverted. The Kronprinz just pokes his cane at it.

* [[Not So Different]]: People on all sides show this as they celebrate the holidays together.

** In a more frightening example, the bishop toward the end is an anti-German bigot, who advises that all be killed "because they are different". For someone who's anti-German, that rhetoric [[A Nazi By Any Other Name|sounds awfully similar to what many Germans will be saying several years from then]]....

** [[Pet the Dog]]: ''One'' of the figures of high command, though (the French Lieutenant's father), ends up accepting that he and his son's view differ on the matter and, when learning that he has a grandson now, says "Let's both try to survive the war for his sake."

* [[Reassigned to Antarctica]]: When word gets out, the French, German and Scottish soldiers are split up and sent elsewhere.