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.
(‏ ارمیا ۵۰ :‏ ۱ -‏ ۳ ؛‏ مکاشفه ۱۴ :‏ ۸‏ )‏ البته تعجبی هم نداشت !‏