Was it always that way? i have books about the first world war i have been given over the years because of my interest in WW2 history but could never read one for long, the full horror was a crime, in my Town in Lancashire 16% of the men aged 16 to 49 never came back from the front out of 60 thousand shocking numbers, my Grandad was wounded by a shell blast in his leg when i was a kid i used to go to his house and many days he was in pain it was ulcerated sometimes, they didn't have the medical knowledge then, Grandad on Mums side was shot fighting the Turks but recovered he also had malaria, i never knew him he died aged 38, that war all looked like an argument between the Royals of Europe,anyway i digress.
