re: What would be the worst war to fight in in history?

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All of those sound more palatable than that medieval shite.

I mean I'd rather get shot than end up on a pike.

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I’ll counter with this, the reason why I would rather be on the medieval battlefield and earlier is that, comparatively speaking, the medieval battle did not last as long. You could be in relative safety one day, be in mortal danger the next, and be in relative safety again the day after that.

Whereas, let’s just pick any number of famous 20th Century battles; Verdun for example. Verdun lasted almost 10 months. That’s 10 months of being under constant threat of death and artillery fire. Whole units would take multiple turns at the battle, that’s how long it lasted. You could ostensibly have served at Verdun for a couple weeks, then gone to another battlefield for a couple weeks, have a couple weeks R&R, and then go back to Verdun and be in the worst battlefield in human history.