A 14-year-old French schoolboy signs up for the army against the will of his parents. His dreams of honour are soon dashed by disillusionment with modern warfare.

The German occupying forces imprison a poor Flemish girl for stealing potatoes. She escapes in secret and passes an electric fence at the Belgian border.

A German girl helps her older sister take care of wounded soldiers. When a poison gas victim is refused treatment, she decides to secretly help him on her own.

A young boy loses his parents in the war. Afterwards his belief in the Russian Empire becomes his only solace. He finds refuge in the Russian army which takes him to the Eastern Front.

A young girl in Scotland named Alison convinces a boy to volunteer for the war, but feels guilty when she learns he has died in battle.

Jessica is on a boat to America fleeing the war in Europe, when she finds a stowaway that the captain wants to catch.