Netflix’s All Quiet On The Western Front is the film on everybody’s mind at the moment. Edward Berger’s futile (and fatal) tale of World War I through the eyes of a 17-year-old German conscript has a *checks notes* whopping nine Oscar nominations, not to mention seriously strong odds of walking away with that all-important Best Picture gong.

There’s no denying, though, that it offers up an intensely male perspective of an important chapter in history. Some might say an entirely male perspective. And so I’m urging you to watch all eight episodes of the oh-so-bingeable French drama, Women At War (or Les Combattantes, if you prefer). Right now, right this second. Because it is, I promise you, going to be the streaming platform’s Next Big Thing.

Here’s what you need to know about the trending TV series.

What is Women At War about?

The clue is very much in the name with this one. Set in and around the town of Saint-Paulin in 1914, which finds itself perilously close to the front line, the drama unflinchingly brings to life the stories of four women as they find their worlds upended by all of the horrors that war brings. There’s Marguerite, a mysterious Parisian sex worker, and Caroline, who has unexpectedly become the head of her family’s factory.

Elsewhere, we have Agnes, Mother Superior of a requisitioned convent, and Suzanne, a fiercely feminist nurse.

Women At War: Les Combattantes is trending on Netflix, and for good reason