Blood thirst?
The diaries of a German soldier and later celebrated writer Ernst Junger published for first time reveal a war-fevered mind. Sole survivor of the 73rd Hanoverian infantry regiment which faced total annihilation twice, he was wounded multiple times and twice awarded for courage.
His matter of fact attitude to the ravages of war gained the admiration of Hitler but Junger would not deign reciprocate and was accused of being part of the Von Stauffenberg bomb plot against the Fuhrer. Remember the Tom Cruise thriller, Valkyrie, about the assissination attempt?
He saw war as a great test of manhood.
Sadly, war sacrifices too much, a pernicious waste of time and resources - that's my take.
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