Those who go to War promise success. They pretend the War will work. They hype up soldiers, require patriotism, demonize enemies and talk up their weapons. The arms people have been working at this for decades. Buy weapons. They will solve your problems, give you an empire, make you great. But then it comes to this. World War One was a certain kind of hell, killing, injuring, deranging tens of millions. This painting shows a little bit of it.