Winning points Dave? Why do you so accuse?
I merely state my views based on reading history, and point out that Jim's views are not based on history.

Keith doesn't care about how many were killed.
Keith does. Keith has made respectful pilgrimages to the cemeteries in Belgium and France. Keith joins acts of Remembrance and observes the silences every November. keith defends the dead by refuting the Comrades claims that they were all dupes not knowing or understanding their cause.

Many WW2 memoirs mention that one reason that war was better planned and executed overall was that the top brass had been junior officers in the previous war and wished to ensure they didn't make the mistakes their leaders did. Mainly by ignoring what they were taught.

Can you give us an example, or are you just making shit up again?