I’ve seen a movie about WW2 which my friend had given me on dvd. But I didn’t understand why it had been titled as “the thin red line”?
Then I found a report about Crimean war (1854) by William Howard Russell, the combat correspondent: “The Russians on their left drew breath for a moment and then in one grand line dashed at the Highlanders. The ground flies beneath their horses’ feet: gathering speed at every stride they dash on towards that thin red streak topped with a line of steel.”
“The thin red line” is a widespread designation of British infantry.

What can you see in this picture?

Whom does it look like?

Does it like it?