It was mentioned.
Nolan is a fabulous filmmaker, and he did a great job of using his artistic vision of the film to give an accurate impression of the general feeling of the event (as I understand it - I wasn't there, obviously). I can credit it with being a good movie, but not so much a great "war movie."
Which isn't entirely fair of me, since I mentioned Lawrence of Arabia for it's lush cinematography. So it's a double standard. So shoot me.