[rbg81]

We got 37 million deaths, millions and millions of bright people, a death toll so high that it skewed the demographics of nations such as France.

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We got more than that. The loose ends, mistakes and grudges from WWI directly caused WWII. If it had not been Hitler, it might easily have been someone else. A century later, its obvious that (despite outward appearances) that Western civilization never really recovered from it. Europe today is a continent that has almost totally lost its confidence.

Really just a tragic, colossal waste. However, it is quite possible that it would have been even more horrible had it been fought 10-20 years later (with better technology).

[PGR88]

A century later, its obvious that (despite outward appearances) that Western civilization never really recovered from it. Europe today is a continent that has almost totally lost its confidence.

I read one author who said the exact time of the decline and death of western, Christian civilization was when the two-sides soldiers returned to their trenches after spending Christmas together in no-man's land. Before that was hope and confidence, after that moment, only pessimism and death.