Why the First World War was not simply a gentlemanly conflict

Would forces sent back to the First World War be more likely to seek peace than in the Second World War?

Probably not; the First World War was not the gentlemanly conflict of popular memory, even though the Second World War was exceptionally bitter.

A viewer contrasts a supposedly peaceable First World War with the more absolute fighting of the Second. British forces transported back to the earlier war would still be unlikely to seek peace. The Second World War was bitter, but its predecessor was not the gentlemanly conflict of popular memory. The comparison warns against allowing later memory to soften the coercion and commitment of the First World War.