"War Is Hell" is a common phrase dating back at least as far as a speech by William Tecumseh Sherman.
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Topper's 1963 film War Is Hell (which he wrote wrote, produced, directed and played a small role as an army lieutenant) was playing at the Texas Theatre in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
After making Burt Topper's War is Hell, he went to Italy first appearing in the title role of La leggenda di Fra Diavolo.
History was made on August 11, 1880 when General William Tecumseh Sherman delivered his famous statement, “War is Hell,” in a speech to Civil War veterans.