Yes, I can see that.
But in terms not only of the men directly involved, but WHY they were involved, it is most horrible. What was the real point of this war? Nothing. It was senseless.
Well I sense that it was just a bunch of things that accumulated over the years, like kindling building up.
Eventually some spark was going to go off and light the thing up. The “Old Order” of Europe in its last gasp to stay relevant. I often wonder how different the world would have been today if not for WWI. But some conflict was inevitable.