Days of Glory (2006)

Days of Glory 2006 Algeria, 1943, through Italy and France, to Alsace in early 1945, with a coda years later Arabs volunteer to fight Nazis to liberate France, their motherland We follow Said, dirt poor, an orderly for a grizzled sergeant, Martinez, a pied noir with some willingness to speak up for his Arab troops Messaoud, a crack shot, who in Province falls in love with a French woman who loves him back and Abdelkader, a corporal, a budding intellectual with a keen sense of injustice The men fight with courage against a backdrop of small and large indignities French soldiers get better food, time for leave, and promotions Is the promise of liberty, equality, and fraternity hollow