I read about this in a novel set during the first world war timeline and I got really emotional. Most of those young soldiers never wanted a war, they died in vain, not because of Germany's fault as some might think but because of world-powers wanting to be the best of the best at the same time. Just pure stupidity.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you