You should watch these two movies. (Or read the book, Ha!)
“Dobrý voják Svejk” (Good Soldier Schweik) 1957 and
"Poslusne hlásím" (Beg to Report, Sir) 1958.
These two movies are about the Czech Army in WWI. They were what gave Andy Griffith Productions the idea for …Gomer Pyle USMC