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I salute your trolling and utter ignorance. WWI history is replete with stories of how pointless it was, hence 'war to end all wars' etc. Overwhelmingly it was
by angry_octet 10y ago
I salute your trolling and utter ignorance. WWI history is replete with stories of how pointless it was, hence 'war to end all wars' etc. Overwhelmingly it was the generals and admirals who were happy to throw men into the meat grinder. Haig, Churchill, Ludendorff, they are the monsters.
- moptar 10y agoAbout half of UK WWI soldiers were volunteers. They threw themselves into the meat grinder. Even conscripted people could appeal for being a conscientious objector. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recruitment_to_the_British_Army_during_the_First_World_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recruitment_to_the_British_Arm...