If you like this film, then you should check these out:
The Thin Red Line by Terrence Malick
Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola
Ivan's Childhood by Andrei Tarkovsky
Come and See by Elem Klimov
Definitely Blood Diamond with Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Honsou.
Also "24 Redemption" which is a TV movie which is part of the "24" series with Jack Bauer in Africa.
Paths of Glory but it is Black&white
shareWatch the Einsatzgruppen scene during Come and See, or the assault on the jungle airfield in The Thin Red Line
"I can't help but notice that there are skulls all over everything. Are we the baddies?"
A movie about the same subject is: The Silent Army AKA Wit licht (2008)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1189008/reference