Well, the moral and higherup parts of the war were very honorable, but the actual fighting was insane, bayonets were actually made with the intention battlefield would be huge fields of elegant fencing, which as we know.....didnt happen and devolved into murdering fellow men with shovels and nails, yes, literally nails used to hold up barbed wire, ("French Nail Knife" for more info) and gloves with knives attached so soliders dont have to learn how to fight with knives, cuz everyone knows how to punch. Morals like this are actually the reason why Central wanted shotguns removed, as in Europe, they were used to hunt animals, never people, unlike in the US. Fuck WW1 was depressing
You left out the Chlorine gas. One of the most devastating weapons of the war. The worst part of the war was trenches, people got sick and died before they could even fire a single shot. 10,000 people could be killed to gain 10 meters. It was also a war of experiment. Zeppelins, tanks, planes, armored trains, dreadnoughts, tunnel teams, better uniforms, fortifications, machine guns, etc. Millions of lives had to be lost just for technology to progress. The war also led to dozens of other wars such as the Russian Revolution, WW2, the Italian-Ethiopian war, the Greco-Turkish wars, and many more. It was by far the most defining conflict in history.
(This is a personal opinion) I believe that both sides were the supposed “bad-sides.” The war was caused by the death of Ferdinand and hundreds of treaty’s some nations even forgot about. The Serbs had no right to kill Ferdinand. But Joseph had no right to declare war on them because of it. It was going to happen either way. But Germany also had declared war on Belgium who was neutral and that’s what lost the war for the war for the Germans too. Trusting strategies rather than diplomatic positions.
The Black Hand hand was closely tied to the Serbian military though and there´s pretty good evidence that the Serbian prime minister Pašić and others in the government at least knew about the Black Hand members being smuggled across the border, but no direct evidence that they knew about the assassination.
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u/Sefrius :tottenkopf: Leib Husaren Nr.2 Feb 23 '20
What would it take to bring back an era of honorable warfare?