People often imagine war before 1914 as something brutal but still honorable. Soldiers marched in bright uniforms, cavalry charges were celebrated, and courage on the battlefield was romanticized by governments, writers and entire societies. Many young Europeans entered the First World War believing they would experience glory, heroism and adventure. Then reality arrived. The trenches of WWI destroyed centuries of illusions in only four years. Machine guns erased entire waves of soldiers in minu

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