Horrible war [I Am Interested In Ww1 and Ww2]

The 1914-1918 War was arguably the most horrible of all wars at least in my opinion. If a man was in a an infantry battalion and ordered into an attack, his chances of survival were about 80 to 20 against. Fliers in the RFC had an expected life span of 2 weeks. After 6 weeks they were veterans.
At times, 1 in 4 merchant ships crossing to or from the UK were torpedoes by submarines.
Hellish thing, war.

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caesar7 · 61-69, M

Yes...so true...when the commander called out for the men to get out of the trenches during heavy fire in order to advance. Can you imagine the feeling? Knowing that your chances of survival are slim but you had to do what you were trained to do.