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What message is revealed by the narrator's descriptions of the Battle of Verdun in "The Diary of a U Boat Commander"?

An actual soldier is the best writer to describe any kind of battle.

Mechanical failures caused the Germans to lose the Battle of Verdun.

The Battle of Verdun makes for dull reading because modern technology prevents bloody battles.

Advances in technology cause an unbelievable level of destruction during modern wars.

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Advances in technology cause an unbelievable level of destruction during modern wars.

The narrator's Verdun passages emphasize mechanized, impersonal devastation — relentless artillery, shattered landscape, and mass casualties — showing how modern weapons multiply destructive power and produce almost unbelievable carnage.