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re: Wonder Woman Tomatometer Watch Thread (219 reviews; 93%; 7.6/10) [NO SPOILERS]
Posted on 5/30/17 at 3:29 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 5/30/17 at 3:29 pm to RollTide1987
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I don't know. World War I claimed the lives of 17 million people all told. World War II claimed the lives of 60-80 million people, with the majority of those deaths being civilians (with a good many of them victims of mass genocide).
I think the Second World War gives the First World War a run for its money in terms of depression.
The "War to end all wars" is so much more depressing than World War II for many reasons:
-It was completely unnecessary.
-All it accomplished was to break up an empire (ended the Ottomans), begin Russia's march to communism (Lenin and the Bolsheviks took power in 1917), and crush a country and its people (Germany) for no reason other than simple retribution.
-It turned a small conflict between two small countries into a huge conflict based off of a massive series of alliances that no one ever expected to have to honor. Aside from Austria-Hungary and Serbia, none of the countries involved had any real reason to fight aside from honoring an alliance.
-It served as a proving ground to test new horrible ways to cause death and suffering (trench warfare, chemical warfare).
-The net amount of land gained in World War One was one fricking mile. Nine Million dead for ONE MILE OF LAND.
This post was edited on 5/30/17 at 4:06 pm
Posted on 5/30/17 at 3:37 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
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-The net amount of land gained in World War One was one fricking mile. Nine Million dead for ONE MILE OF LAND.
And none of the politicians stood back and said - "Wait, what is the point of this?"
Good grief.
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