When Captain Fred Roberts discovered a printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium in 1916, he decided to publish a satirical magazine called The Wipers Times - "Wipers" being army slang for Ypres. Full of gallows humour, The Wipers Times was poignant, subversive and very funny. Produced literally under enemy fire and defying both authority and gas attacks, the magazine proved a huge success with the troops on the western front. It was, above all, a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity. In his spare time, Roberts also managed to win the Military Cross for gallantry.
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
6.7/10
Battleground
1949
6.7/10
My Own Love Song
2010
6.2/10
Uprising
2001
6.5/10
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
7.0/10
The Middle Man
2021
6.1/10
Little Boy
2015
7.2/10
Mister Roberts
1955
7.1/10
War Horse
2011
7.3/10
Journey's End
2017
6.3/10
Blood on the Sun
1945
5.9/10
The Young Lions
1958
6.8/10
My Dinner with Hervé
2018
6.3/10
Sergeant York
1941
7.2/10
Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog
2020
6.8/10
Benediction
2021
6.2/10
F.I.S.T.
1978
6.5/10
Hell's Angels
1930
6.5/10
Overlord
1975
6.8/10
Normal
2003
6.7/10
Gallipoli from Above
2012
8/10
