About 60 years ago, in a land we will call "Russia".
There was a military leader who ordered "no retreat" as his forces faced disaster in front of two cities we shall call "Moscow" and "Stalingrad". Millions of good soldiers died or were captured as the result of this particular egomania.
That leader also broke treaties to start the Eastern phase of the war.
I think it's easier when it's other people's lives.
Arf