We have failed to respond honestly to two essential factors relating to soldiers volunteering to fight in Word War One
"A world fit for heroes to live in" was never adhered to by the British authorities - it was never intended to - it was a recruiting lie which appeared on recruiting literature - you have been give links to such literature.
"A war to end wars" was also a part of the propaganda campaigns, which was tightly controlled and instigated by those responsible for propaganda.
Troops were sent immediately to Ireland to fight - they had been brutilised by their experiences in the trenches and terrorised the population of Ireland for two years - their reputation of having done so is fully documented and remains as a lasting smear on the British reputation nearly a century later.
The responsibility for this lies entirely with the British authorities who sent them to fight in such conditions and failed to repatriate them to their promised "land fit for heroes to live in"
Many miners who fought returned to pay cuts and increased hours in the abominable conditions of the mines.
The government responded to their protests by sending their comrades from the trenches to violently suppress any actions on the part of dissenting miners.
That suppression took place was assisted by members of the newly formed British Fascist Party who smashed up soup kitchens and beat up protesting miners.
Industrial unrest was met with armed resistance by government troops and police and lasted from 1919 to the mid twenties, a number of fatalities caused by military intervention were recorded in Scotland, Yorkshire, London and elsewhere.
Protests to the following Great Depression were also suppressed violently, including with military intervention.
Elsewhere, the Fascists were allowed to develop their organisations without opposition, other than that organised by ordinary people - those protests were also met with violent opposition from Government forces.
The leaders of the Fascist groups and supporters of German fascism came predominantly from the upper echelons of British society - peers of the realm, prominent industrialists and businessmen, even a monarch.
The monarch who openly befriended "Herr Hitler" was forced to abdicate, not because f his support for fascism, but because he married a divorcee
The Government did nothing to stop the irse of Fascism in Britain and they allowed German Fascism to rearm - they totally ignored the persecution of the Jews.
Those opposing the growth of Fascism in Europe were criminalised and attacked by the police - those who went to Spain were giver criminal records, ostracised and blacklisted.
Britain continued to appease German Fascism to the eve of the war - even after the invasions of Poland and Czechoslovakia, the British Prime Minister came back waving a piece of paper declaring "peace in our time".
This was "the land fit for heroes" that those who fought in the trenches were promised
Which part of this is inaccurate, and why are such an appalling broken promises not part of a discussion on why men fought
Are you really suggesting that Governments should be allowed to get away with making promises in order to get men to join up then producing such returns on those promises?
Jim Carroll