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To which I ask, when had the human race ever forgotten about their wars, and how much had that prevented another being fought?

TLDF

But even this did not bother me. I was young. And when you are young, the world bounces.

As so often at such times, especially in war, the outcome depended on luck. Not on heroism, if heroism depends on rational thought, for there was no time for thought. Only on the irrational, arbitrary, unjust nature of luck.