The Bizarre Nature of the Stiff Upperlip

For those of you unfamiliar with the joy that is the BBC's Blackadder, here's a great clip from the end of the series on World War One. A few things to notice about this clips: the sense of bathos, the humor inherent in the hopeless nature of the War, and the desire to escape from death.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH3-Gt7mgyM

And here are some of the more colorful WWI propaganda posters: