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 There had been many wars before 1914, the year when the Rider of the white horse receive his crown. But now the rider of the red hors3e is given "a great sword." What does this imply? With the eruption of World War I, human warfare becomes more sanguinary, more destructive than ever before. During the 1914-1918 bloodbath, tanks, poison gas, airplanes, submarines, huge cannons and automatic weapons were used either for the first time or on an unprecedented scale. In some 28 nations, whole populations, not just professional soldiers, were pressed into the war effort. Casualties were horrendous. More than nine million soldiers were slaughtered, and civilian casualties were astronomical. Even with the end of the war, there was no return to p peace on earth. More than 50 years after that war. German statesman Konrad Adenauer commented: "Security and quiet have disappeared from the lives of men since 1914." It was indeed, granted to the rider of the fiery-colored horse to take peace away from the earth! 

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