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conversations.value: What could be a title for a story about War, Battlefields, Imperial with the genre: History, Europe?
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conversations.value: A title for this story could be 'Passchendaele'
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conversations.value: Give me a description for a story titled Passchendaele about Passchendaele, French, July with the genre: History, Military.
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conversations.value: On 31st July 1917, the small Belgian village of Passchendaele became the focus for one of the most gruelling, bloody and bizarre battles of World War I. By 6th November, when Passchendaele village and its ridge were captured, over half a million British, French, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders and Germans had become casualties. Philip the author's account of the battle to capture Passchendale brings together all the elements of this horrific campaign - the historical background, personal accounts, strategies and tactics, the personalities and political movements. He investigates the issues that had a crucial effect on the course of the battle, including the mutinous state of the French army, and the bombardment that destroyed the drainage system.
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conversations.value: Give me a plot for a story titled Passchendaele.
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conversations.value: Passchendaele (film): The main character is Sergeant Michael Dunne (later reverting to his mother\'s maiden name McCrae for re-enlistment), introduced in the spring of 1917 after Vimy Ridge, a decorated veteran of the 10th Battalion, CEF.\nDuring heavy combat in a ruined town, Dunne is wounded and sent home from Europe as a neurasthenia patient.\nWhile recovering from his injuries, he meets nurse Sarah Mann (Caroline Dhavernas) in Calgary, Alberta, where he had originally enlisted.\nSarah Mann is drummed out of the local nursing service, and ostracised in town, because her father was of German descent and had left Canada to rejoin the Imperial German Army in 1915.\nHe was killed at Vimy Ridge on the opposing side to Sergeant Dunne.\nShe has become addicted to morphine as a means of dealing with the recurring loss in her life.\nDavid Mann (Joe Dinicol) is Sarah\'s younger brother.\nDespite being ineligible for military service due to asthma, he is desperate to win the respect of his girlfriend\'s father at a time when military service is demanded of all young men.\nHe is vehemently anti-German and tries to expunge the fact that his father was German, and had died fighting for Germany, from the family history.\nHis girlfriend\'s father pulls strings to get him enlisted, arguably in the hope that he will not return and marry his daughter.\nSarah originally thinks Michael has enlisted David, in his role as local recruitment officer, but later finds this is untrue.\nThe enlistment is further facilitated by a British recruiting officer whose malice and goading of David Mann and Michael Dunne makes him the film\'s principal antagonist.\nMichael however feels a responsibility and re-enlists as Private McCrae in order to protect David at the front.\nAs a result, both David and Michael end up in the battlefields of Belgium.\nSarah also enlists and follows the 10th ending up as a nurse in triage at an Advanced Dressing Station near the front.\nThe three arrive in Flanders in time for the Battle of Passchendaele.\nDunne and Sarah soon meet up again when Dunne brings a wounded man to the aid station.\nAlthough Dunne\'s cover as McCrae is soon blown, he manages to escape punishment and is promoted to platoon leader by Lieutenant Colonel Ormond, who knew him from earlier fighting, when his past actions "should have got aC".\nand because of the need for experienced soldiers as high casualties were expected.\nDunne\'s company is sent to support them.\nAfter the support company arrives, the 8th Battalion retreats from the battlefield, wrongly believing that they are finally relieved, leaving the job of holding the ground to Dunne\'s small force.\nAs the reality of the war begins to set in, David Mann begins to realize the war was not what he believed it would be.\nDunne\'s forces spend the night in their trenches, and as a result of the shelling, David begins to have an asthmatic/panic attack and Dunne calms him down, relieving the problem.\nThe next morning the Germans counter-attack, and make it as far as the line, and both forces attack each other in close quarters combat.\nAs the Germans retreat, David breaks down and chases them back to surrender.\nHe jumps into their trenches and is met by a gun to the face where he begs in German.\nHe is about to be shot when an artillery shell lands and the explosion throws him onto what is effectively a cross, created by walkway timbers from the trench.\nHe is visually crucified by the explosion.\nThis relates to Dunne\'s earlier story of the legendary report of the crucified soldier.\nWhen Dunne sees this he takes his helmet off, throws his gun down and runs to David, in a reckless attempt to keep his promise to keep him alive, getting shot in the process.\nHe crawls to the cross on his knees, looking up at it.\nThe Germans stop firing and allow him to retrieve David, whom he carries back to his own lines.\nThe fighting swiftly resumes with a shell landing.\nDavid lives, but Dunne is carried to the hospital where he dies after his last words with Sarah.\nThis happens just as the news comes in that the Canadians have captured Passchendaele Ridge.\nThe ending scene shows the wheelchair-bound David Mann (now only with one leg); Sarah Mann; David\'s girlfriend Cassie; and Dunne\'s best friend Royster (Gil Bellows) paying tribute at Dunne\'s grave on his home farm.\nThe marker has been altered to remove the "5" of 1915 and changed to 1917.\nThe camera then pans out and the background alters to a field of hundreds of Canadian war graves with a riderless horse on the horizon.
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conversations.value: Passchendaele (film): The main character is Sergeant Michael Dunne (later reverting to his mother\'s maiden name McCrae for re-enlistment), introduced in the spring of 1917 after Vimy Ridge, a decorated veteran of the 10th Battalion, CEF. \nDuring heavy combat in a ruined town, Dunne is wounded and sent home from Europe as a neurasthenia patient. \nWhile recovering from his injuries, he meets nurse Sarah Mann (Caroline Dhavernas) in Calgary, Alberta, where he had originally enlisted. \nSarah Mann is drummed out of the local nursing service, and ostracised in town, because her father was of German descent and had left Canada to rejoin the Imperial German Army in 1915. \nHe was killed at Vimy Ridge on the opposing side to Sergeant Dunne. \nShe has become addicted to morphine as a means of dealing with the recurring loss in her life. \nDavid Mann (Joe Dinicol) is Sarah\'s younger brother. \nDespite being ineligible for military service due to asthma, he is desperate to win the respect of his girlfriend\'s father at a time when military service is demanded of all young men. \nHe is vehemently anti-German and tries to expunge the fact that his father was German, and had died fighting for Germany, from the family history. \nHis girlfriend\'s father pulls strings to get him enlisted, arguably in the hope that he will not return and marry his daughter. \nSarah originally thinks Michael has enlisted David, in his role as local recruitment officer, but later finds this is untrue. \nThe enlistment is further facilitated by a British recruiting officer whose malice and goading of David Mann and Michael Dunne makes him the film\'s principal antagonist. \nMichael however feels a responsibility and re-enlists as Private McCrae in order to protect David at the front. \nAs a result, both David and Michael end up in the battlefields of Belgium. \nSarah also enlists and follows the 10th ending up as a nurse in triage at an Advanced Dressing Station near the front. \nThe three arrive in Flanders in time for the Battle of Passchendaele. \nDunne and Sarah soon meet up again when Dunne brings a wounded man to the aid station. \nAlthough Dunne\'s cover as McCrae is soon blown, he manages to escape punishment and is promoted to platoon leader by Lieutenant Colonel Ormond, who knew him from earlier fighting, when his past actions "should have got aC". \nand because of the need for experienced soldiers as high casualties were expected. \nWhen the Canadians launch their attack, the 8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles), known as the Little Black Devils, faces a German counterattack and become pinned down. \nDunne\'s company is sent to support them. \nAfter the support company arrives, the 8th Battalion retreats from the battlefield, wrongly believing that they are finally relieved, leaving the job of holding the ground to Dunne\'s small force. \nAs the reality of the war begins to set in, David Mann begins to realize the war was not what he believed it would be. \nDunne\'s forces spend the night in their trenches, and as a result of the shelling, David begins to have an asthmatic/panic attack and Dunne calms him down, relieving the problem. \nThe next morning the Germans counter-attack, and make it as far as the line, and both forces attack each other in close quarters combat. \nAs the Germans retreat, David breaks down and chases them back to surrender. \nHe jumps into their trenches and is met by a gun to the face where he begs in German. \nHe is about to be shot when an artillery shell lands and the explosion throws him onto what is effectively a cross, created by walkway timbers from the trench. \nHe is visually crucified by the explosion. \nThis relates to Dunne\'s earlier story of the legendary report of the crucified soldier. \nWhen Dunne sees this he takes his helmet off, throws his gun down and runs to David, in a reckless attempt to keep his promise to keep him alive, getting shot in the process. \nHe crawls to the cross on his knees, looking up at it. \nThe Germans stop firing and allow him to retrieve David, whom he carries back to his own lines. \nThe fighting swiftly resumes with a shell landing. \nDavid lives, but Dunne is carried to the hospital where he dies after his last words with Sarah. \nThis happens just as the news comes in that the Canadians have captured Passchendaele Ridge. \nThe ending scene shows the wheelchair-bound David Mann (now only with one leg); Sarah Mann; David\'s girlfriend Cassie; and Dunne\'s best friend Royster (Gil Bellows) paying tribute at Dunne\'s grave on his home farm. \nThe marker has been altered to remove the "5" of 1915 and changed to 1917. \nThe camera then pans out and the background alters to a field of hundreds of Canadian war graves with a riderless horse on the horizon.
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conversations.value: Give me a plot for a story titled Passchendaele about War, Battlefields, Imperial with the genre: History, Europe.. Start with the sentence 'Passchendaele (film): The main character is Sergeant Michael Dunne (later reverting to his mother\'s maiden name McCrae for re-enlistment), introduced in the spring of 1917 after Vimy Ridge, a decorated veteran of the 10th Battalion, CEF'.
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conversations.value: Passchendaele (film): The main character is Sergeant Michael Dunne (later reverting to his mother\'s maiden name McCrae for re-enlistment), introduced in the spring of 1917 after Vimy Ridge, a decorated veteran of the 10th Battalion, CEF.\nDuring heavy combat in a ruined town, Dunne is wounded and sent home from Europe as a neurasthenia patient.\nWhile recovering from his injuries, he meets nurse Sarah Mann (Caroline Dhavernas) in Calgary, Alberta, where he had originally enlisted.\nSarah Mann is drummed out of the local nursing service, and ostracised in town, because her father was of German descent and had left Canada to rejoin the Imperial German Army in 1915.\nHe was killed at Vimy Ridge on the opposing side to Sergeant Dunne.\nShe has become addicted to morphine as a means of dealing with the recurring loss in her life.\nDavid Mann (Joe Dinicol) is Sarah\'s younger brother.\nDespite being ineligible for military service due to asthma, he is desperate to win the respect of his girlfriend\'s father at a time when military service is demanded of all young men.\nHe is vehemently anti-German and tries to expunge the fact that his father was German, and had died fighting for Germany, from the family history.\nHis girlfriend\'s father pulls strings to get him enlisted, arguably in the hope that he will not return and marry his daughter.\nSarah originally thinks Michael has enlisted David, in his role as local recruitment officer, but later finds this is untrue.\nThe enlistment is further facilitated by a British recruiting officer whose malice and goading of David Mann and Michael Dunne makes him the film\'s principal antagonist.\nMichael however feels a responsibility and re-enlists as Private McCrae in order to protect David at the front.\nAs a result, both David and Michael end up in the battlefields of Belgium.\nSarah also enlists and follows the 10th ending up as a nurse in triage at an Advanced Dressing Station near the front.\nThe three arrive in Flanders in time for the Battle of Passchendaele.\nDunne and Sarah soon meet up again when Dunne brings a wounded man to the aid station.\nAlthough Dunne\'s cover as McCrae is soon blown, he manages to escape punishment and is promoted to platoon leader by Lieutenant Colonel Ormond, who knew him from earlier fighting, when his past actions "should have got aC".\nand because of the need for experienced soldiers as high casualties were expected.\nWhen the Canadians launch their attack, the 8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles), known as the Little Black Devils, faces a German counterattack and become pinned down.\nDunne\'s company is sent to support them.\nAfter the support company arrives, the 8th Battalion retreats from the battlefield, wrongly believing that they are finally relieved, leaving the job of holding the ground to Dunne\'s small force.\nAs the reality of the war begins to set in, David Mann begins to realize the war was not what he believed it would be.\nDunne\'s forces spend the night in their trenches, and as a result of the shelling, David begins to have an asthmatic/panic attack and Dunne calms him down, relieving the problem.\nThe next morning the Germans counter-attack, and make it as far as the line, and both forces attack each other in close quarters combat.\nAs the Germans retreat, David breaks down and chases them back to surrender.\nHe jumps into their trenches and is met by a gun to the face where he begs in German.\nHe is about to be shot when an artillery shell lands and the explosion throws him onto what is effectively a cross, created by walkway timbers from the trench.\nHe is visually crucified by the explosion.\nThis relates to Dunne\'s earlier story of the legendary report of the crucified soldier.\nWhen Dunne sees this he takes his helmet off, throws his gun down and runs to David, in a reckless attempt to keep his promise to keep him alive, getting shot in the process.\nHe crawls to the cross on his knees, looking up at it.\nThe Germans stop firing and allow him to retrieve David, whom he carries back to his own lines.\nThe fighting swiftly resumes with a shell landing.\nDavid lives, but Dunne is carried to the hospital where he dies after his last words with Sarah.\nThis happens just as the news comes in that the Canadians have captured Passchendaele Ridge.\nThe ending scene shows the wheelchair-bound David Mann (now only with one leg); Sarah Mann; David\'s girlfriend Cassie; and Dunne\'s best friend Royster (Gil Bellows) paying tribute at Dunne\'s grave on his home farm.\nThe marker has been altered to remove the "5" of 1915 and changed to 1917.\nThe camera then pans out and the background alters to a field of hundreds of Canadian war graves with a riderless horse on the horizon.