Hell. War is hell on earth, where human life and suffrage plays no part in the decision making of the few who control the outcome of millions. In this painting by Leroux, I can personally see what Hell looks like. The carnage on battlefields due to heavy artillery, poison gas and other new weaponry could never outweigh the amount of life lost, brothers killed, and widows made. This was not a war where only the soldiers suffered, but the entire country suffered, families were lost and so were the thoughts of some world leaders. When war was an organized game with rules and a system, one could say it was clean, yet bloody. This new type of war, total war, with trench warfare that led to death almost guaranteed for those who participated, left a bloody mark on history. Although I am sure we can see Hell in this painting, we can only begin to imagine the real Hell that these soldiers lived.
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