<P> Although she initially forbids Diana to be trained as a warrior , Hippolyta reluctantly agrees to let Antiope train Diana , only more rigorously than any other warrior . In 1917 , Diana , now a young woman , rescues American pilot Captain Steve Trevor when his plane crashes off the Themysciran coast . The island is soon invaded by a German soldiers that had been pursuing Trevor . The Amazons kill the crew , but Antiope sacrifices herself to save Diana . Steve is interrogated with the Lasso of Hestia and reveals that a great war is consuming the outside world and that he is an Allied spy . He has stolen a notebook of the chief chemist Dr. Isabel Maru , who is attempting to engineer a deadlier form of mustard gas under the orders of General Erich Ludendorff from a weapon facility in the Ottoman Empire . Believing Ares to be responsible for the war , Diana arms herself with the `` Godkiller '' sword , the lasso , and armor before leaving Themyscira with Steve to locate and stop Ares for good . </P>
<P> Although she initially forbids Diana to be trained as a warrior , Hippolyta reluctantly agrees to let Antiope train Diana , only more rigorously than any other warrior . In 1917 , Diana , now a young woman , rescues American pilot Captain Steve Trevor when his plane crashes off the Themysciran coast . The island is soon invaded by a German soldiers that had been pursuing Trevor . The Amazons kill the crew , but Antiope sacrifices herself to save Diana . Steve is interrogated with the Lasso of Hestia and reveals that a great war is consuming the outside world and that he is an Allied spy . He has stolen a notebook of the chief chemist Dr. Isabel Maru , who is attempting to engineer a deadlier form of mustard gas under the orders of General Erich Ludendorff from a weapon facility in the Ottoman Empire . Believing Ares to be responsible for the war , Diana arms herself with the `` Godkiller '' sword , the lasso , and armor before leaving Themyscira with Steve to locate and stop Ares for good . </P>
what year is the wonder woman movie set in
what year is the wonder woman movie set in
1917
1917