sentences:  After this happens the soldiers try to discover the reason behind Hermann and Alfred being there, but are unsuccessful.A soldier then kicks Hermann's corpse, causing Alfred to fly into a rage and get beaten into unconsciousness; the beating is so bad that Alfred wakes up in hospital two days later and gets to talk to Fred one last time about continuing his work just before he dies of his injuries.John Clute described "Swastika Night" as "a scathing feminist anatomy
  of war, sexism and power" and lists the novel as one of the "classic titles" of inter-war 
  science fiction.