Quite so Harald, except of course nobody called it World War I at the time. The Great War (oxymoron) or The War to End Wars (another oxymoron). Whatever you call it, it was a horrible bloody, muddy mess and historians are still arguing over what it was about.

It's interesting that the songs that seem to have staying power are the ones lamenting the destruction of humanity, not the patriotic jingoist ones. (Unless they get institutionalized like The Star Spangled Banner or The Maple Leaf Forever.)

Nice to see that that translation exists.

Peace. Bill