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Being a TV series, it can develop the characters over ten or twelve episodes.

...then kill them.

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A handful survived. The psychological toll on them was horrific. They went into it all ebullient and excited and came out mental wrecks. It was probably better to get blown to bits.

Like all good war movies, they also show what happens when the new recruits meet the grizzled veterans.

It was a real meat grinder, as bad as any battlefield.