What year was the film that The Operators was adopted into released?
War Machine (film) War Machine is a 2017 American satirical war film directed and written by David Michôd, based on the nonfiction book "The Operators" by Michael Hastings. It is a fictionalized version of the events in the book based on United States Army General Stanley McChrystal.
The Jockstrap Raiders The film is set in Leeds, England at the time of the First World War and centres on a group of misfits unable to enlist in the regular armed forces. When they hear of an imminent attack by the German Kaiser, who is constructing a bridge across the English Channel, they embark on a mission to save their country using homemade planes and explosives. The squadron are forced to strip to their jock straps in order to get their fleet of aircraft airborne and, despite many mishaps, succeed in blowing up the bridge and saving the nation.