The final scenes of the film show the main issue that lead to the many deaths of soldiers in the trenches. The officer that was in charge of the Battle of the Nek was commanded to send waves of the Light Horse towards the Turks at 4:30 in the morning as a diversion from a bigger, important attack. Unfortunately the officer’s watch is off by several minutes so he waits, not knowing that the sudden cease gave an opportunity for the Turks to resupply and prepare for the next attack. When he sees this, he quickly contacts his superior, who insists to proceed with the attack. So the soldiers did just that, the brave men charged towards the opponent’s trenches but were shot down immediately upon leaving their own trench. They suffered a massive loss
