In August 1914 Europe erupted in war, for 4 terrible years the great powers battled each other until they reached a standstill in the fields of France and Belgium. When the conflict was over and the armistice signed a generation of young men had been slaughtered. Weapons had become so powerful, the destruction so complete, surely civilization could not survive another war like this. This had to be the war to end all wars. Following the armistice King Albert I of Belgium visited a battle field in his shattered kingdom...