I've been reading the Anne of Green Gables series, on the last book now, which takes place during wwi... She has 3 sons go to war, from Canada, and all left behind put all their time into helping with the red cross, and waiting for news from the front lines... it's so sad, even through their fictional characters, to read how involved and invested these folk were in 'the cause'... Generations duped by a false sense of duty.