You can watch the 1930 film version of Erich Marie Remarque's classic book, All Quiet on the Western Front, online--for free--at the Internet Archive. It's a great story that gives insight into the realities of wartime.
Here's the site's write up about the film:
Adapted from a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque, the film follows a group of German schoolboys, talked into enlisting at the beginning of World War 1 by their jingoistic teacher. The story is told entirely through the experiences of the young German recruits and highlights the tragedy of war through the eyes of individuals. As the boys witness death and mutilation all around them, any preconceptions about "the enemy" and the "rights and wrongs" of the conflict disappear, leaving them angry and bewildered.
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