The Great War, as it was then called, started in Christendom, where the clergy on both sides fueled the conflagration by preaching the cream of their youth into the trenches.
Suur sõda, nagu seda tol ajal nimetati, algas ristiusumaailmas, kusjuures mõlemal poolel oli just vaimulikkond see, kes noori mehi relvi haarama ergutades sõjatuld õhutas.