[daveslash]

Regarding "It was also the first true industrial war", you may like this quote by Scott Westerfeld on the Wikipedia page for Dieselpunk [1]

    "But to me, World War I is the dividing point where modernity goes from 
    being optimistic to being pessimistic. Because when you put the words 
    "machine" and "gun" together, they both change. At that point, war is no 
    longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your 
    nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible."

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieselpunk

[Zababa]

> At that point, war is no longer about a sense of adventure and chivalry and a way of testing your nation's level of manhood; it's become industrial, and horrible.

That sounds like a dangerous glorification of pre-industrial war.

[hef19898]

maybe, but the difference im scale would still be the same.