> They created utter misery for no sane reason. <
Very true. One of the saddest stories I ever read was about an ongoing battle between French and German soldiers in eastern France during WW I. The battle was fought underground, in a tunnel complex. The men hacked at each other with knives, shovels, and bayonets.
And for what? For nothing. Neither country had any real grudge against the other. One can only hope that there is a special place in hell for the leaders of those nations.
Yep. And one of the most unfair things about Germany is when people decide the WWI Germany had the slightest semblance to the WWII Germany.
They had allies who were at war with each other, so they had to go to war in support of their allies.