Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yaƙe-yaƙe sun ƙunshi yawancin yaƙe-yaƙe, rikice-rikice da ƙananan rikice-rikice kuma masu gwagwarmaya galibi za su sami ɗan ƙaramin ɓangare na yaƙin. Ga jarumi, akwai ƙarancin bambanci tsakanin yaƙi a matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙaramin hari ko babban hari, kuma ba zai yiwu ya tsammaci yanayin yaƙin nan gaba ba; kaɗan daga cikin sojojin Burtaniya da suka wuce saman a ranar farko a Somme, 1 ga Yuli, 1916, za su yi tsammanin cewa yaƙin zai ɗauki watanni biyar. wasu daga cikin sojojin Allied da suka yi nasara da Faransawa a yakin Waterloo sun yi tsammanin za su sake yin yaƙi a rana mai zuwa (a yakin Wavre
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