q1) no one knows how many had th same warning and ignored it, going to a death they could have avoided.
-밑줄친 부분이 문법적으로 왜저렇게쓰였나요//
q2) pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
-밑줄친부분은 relate more가 생략된형태인가요?
No one knows / how many had the same warning and ignored it,
going to a death (they could have avoided).
많은 사람들(군인들?)이 피할수 있었지만 그 죽음을 맞으러 갔다. 사전 경고를 들었지만 그를 무시했다...
맞는 상황인지 모르지만
문장을 보면서 참전용사들의 각오가 떠올라서
그쪽으로 해석해보았습니다.
그렇다면,
as they went to a death