Overview:
After witnessing the shooting of his mother by invading German troops, 16-year-old Artūrs, along with his father, decides to enlist in the Latvian national rifle battalions of the Imperial Russian Army, hoping to take revenge and find glory. Artūrs goes on to fight in World War I on the Eastern Front, where he loses his father and brother, and quickly becomes disillusioned. Eventually, Artūrs returns to his newly proclaimed country to fight in the Latvian War of Independence and start everything from scratch.
