World War I, which prior to World War II had been described as The War to End All Wars, the Great War, or the World War, can easily be described the first unmitigated war. The countries involved in this all-out war utilized every available resource and military advancement to achieve victory, which in terms of financial and human costs led to new statistical milestones. Although this war began with an assassination, the basic reasons for …showed first 75 words of 1139 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1139 total…of unarmed innocents, children, even babies, it is ridiculous for anyone disregard the possibility of an even greater war. People today deny the very existence of the Holocaust, and at least as early as 11 years after it happed, there were "those who wanted to bury such memories...and lastly, to deny the very existence of the concentration camp world" (Francois 634). If we do not learn and accept our past we are doomed to repeat it.