I do not have a vast ego to compare with yours Dave.
I do not believe that I was born knowing everything

Where did that come from? The only thing I have ever said that I know for certain is that I know very little. I am a constant student and fully understand that, even on those subjects that I may know a something about, I will never know everything. Please show me where I have claimed superior knowledge on anything or desist from such foolery.

Anyhow, back to the main thread rather than spurious claims. You agree that most people believed they were fighting a just war. Yes? So, approximately 50% of the combatants were duped. Logic dictates that if one side were fighting a just war, then the other side were fighting an unjust one. How did the German government fool their soldiers into believing they were fighting a just war if they were not? Or were the British people more intelligent that the Germans? I really am curious.