Musket, I had no idea people had actually died.
If only we had known.
Anonymous person, millions served at the front.
Individual accounts are interesting, but have to be assessed in conjunction with the tens of thousands of accounts that are preserved.
Historians who research that source report that most soldiers believed in the war.
Jim, you have watched 3 documentaries, seeing and hearing things that were not said, and despite the presenters slow, clear pronouncements to camera you saw a completely different message.
That appears to be also the case with this novelist's views.