That is true about WWI but it was pretty much a boring war. Many died and suffered but it was stalemated for year with trenches and neither side doing anything but taking pot shots. Hitler and the Nazi party are identifiable enemies to most of the planet. That war was filled with technology advances and intrigue, with secret organizations and battles on all fronts. It was romantic in a sense of adventure. Axis vs. Allied - Wolf Packs - B52 - Luftwaffe - French Resistance - Pearl Harbor - Fat Man, Little Boy - Flying Wing - Radar - X:fighters - Enigma - U Boats - Auschwitz - Ann Frank - Ann Bolin and Adolph - Winston Churchill, the Battle of Britain where they fought for their very existence against a Nazi Occupied and controlled main land – The Empire of Japan – Patton – McArthur – Douglas – Leningrad – Stalin – Death Camps – Hirohito – Kamikaze – Mustang – Enola Gay – Hiroshima -- that list goes on. It's quite an amazing and romantic time as it is tragic. All those lives, it is said that something like 1 in every 4 Americans knew someone directly who died in the war. We were allied in a single cause because life and survival depended on it.