Pretty remarkable, and it's based upon an actual event.
What the ad forgot to mention was that World War I was such a huge waste (more so than most wars) and could have been avoided (like most wars, I suppose). It also indicates who bears the brunt of such folly, and it's not the national leaders. I recall my father, a historian born just a few months before World War I began, describing the events leading up to the start of the war and the miscalculations and stupidity of the European leaders. There was anger in his words.
Thanks to Sainsbury's and Elaine Hanford.
Besides tears to my eyes, this video also conjures memories of the I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag by Country Joe and the Fish.
"War is good business. Invest your son." - Unknown, from the late 1960s, referring to the Vietnam War
"Tell my soliders what they really fight for and the ranks would be empty in the morning." - Frederick the Great
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