It's 1939, a family of 5 are living in a small town just outside of Ghent, Belgium, consisting of 3 Brothers, a mother and a farther. In 1918, the family moved from Berlin. War breaks out and two of the brothers are asked to join the British army, and the other joins the German army. Told from the perspective of James Falkner, the youngest child, this story shows the journey between the 3 of them and their different stories.