And a whole generation of Britons. I think the Great War damaged the British psyche beyond repair. They're still good chaps and all -- for the most part -- but their genes have mutated to include a strain of radical socialism that will never be expunged.
Good friend of my dad's (now gone to glory) was a Spitfire pilot in the Battle of Britain. His whole family - wife and children - were killed in the Blitz. He emigrated and remarried to an American girl, and had a second family of American sons to carry on his remarkable courage and grace.
Our gain was England's loss.