You claimed that the "It'll be all over by Christmas" was another of my inventions

Not true. Of course it was not.
I just explained to you that it never came from the government and was certainly never a government promise.

You have claimed that soldiers went willingly and knew what they were fighting for.
Yes, that is the 2nd of my stated views, and it is true for the majority.
That is the view of historians, and also endorsed by the programmes.