They went up like men! They came down like animals!
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.
prison
libya
sadism
africa
world war ii
heat
british army
sahara desert
military prison
punishment
torture
soldier
cruelty
desert
libyan desert
drill instructor
military
north africa
hill
insubordination
1940s
drill sergeant