I've just seen the movie 1917 and it was really damn good. I think most of you would enjoy it. I know a lot about WWI, but I'm not an expert as some of you maybe.

Small Spoilers Ahead

The movie is about about a British soldier (a lance corporal) that is trying to deliver a very important message to the colonel of a unit from the general regarding to withdraw troops because the Germans intentionally withdrawn their troops during the Operation Alberich to lure the British towards them.

There were a few instances were I sort of rolled my eyes during the movie. The first time was when I saw a token Black British soldier in the trenches with pretty much all White British soldiers. I thought this was an intentional diversity placement. However, this happened a second time where a Sikh soldier was in a platoon of all White British soldiers and he was joking around with them and really looked like he bonded with his fellow battle buddies. What I was thinking during this time was "wait...If the British had Black or Sikh soldiers fighting with them, sure they would all be in their own Black or Sikh units, right ?"

So, were there Black and Sikh soldiers fighting for the British and were they all in their own units or did integrate with them ? With today's ultra politically correct climate, this seemed like an intentional "oh look how PC and diverse we are !" from the director/producer(s). And before you get offended, this has been happening in movies a lot recently and a lot of people, especially people who want historical accuracy in their films like myself, are getting irritated by this.

Anyway, what is the consensus on this ?