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re: What would be the worst war to fight in in history?
Posted on 1/19/20 at 11:43 am to red sox fan 13
Posted on 1/19/20 at 11:43 am to red sox fan 13
In modern times I think you’d have to go with WW1 overall, but it’s sort of hard because every war has certain events where suffering was on a comparable level, just not quite as widespread.
Stalingrad was every bit as brutal, if not worse, than some aspects of trench warfare.
Fighting in the Frozen Chosin was awful too, even though the Korean War isn’t one that gets brought up much.
The conditions the British soldiers endured in the Crimean war were pretty awful.
But yeah, I have to agree with the others. I’d infinitely rather take my chances charging a machine gun than entering a medieval battlefield charge/melee. You’re going to die in both cases, but at least you have a better chance of it being instantaneous with the machine gun, rather than getting hacked to pieces or trampled in the mud.
Stalingrad was every bit as brutal, if not worse, than some aspects of trench warfare.
Fighting in the Frozen Chosin was awful too, even though the Korean War isn’t one that gets brought up much.
The conditions the British soldiers endured in the Crimean war were pretty awful.
But yeah, I have to agree with the others. I’d infinitely rather take my chances charging a machine gun than entering a medieval battlefield charge/melee. You’re going to die in both cases, but at least you have a better chance of it being instantaneous with the machine gun, rather than getting hacked to pieces or trampled in the mud.
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Posted on 1/19/20 at 12:12 pm to red sox fan 13
The last one
Posted on 1/19/20 at 12:14 pm to Zendog
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Albert Einstein said, "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
Posted on 1/19/20 at 12:32 pm to GAAtty70
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He went to jail for contempt of Congress after refusing to testify in a hearing that many considered to be a witch hunt.
And we now know that all those who were screaming witch hunt were woefully, tragically wrong. Communists were and are infiltrating our nation, obviously early on through Hollywood, then academia, and now have a controlling interest in one of the two political parties in this country. Irony? There’s plenty to go around.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 1:14 pm to red sox fan 13
The one in which you fought.
It did not take me long to know it was a lost cause, due to no support from Washington. Johnson and McNamara were complete idiots, they are responsible for the injuries and deaths of Thousands.
Three N. Vietnam Generals wrote they were amazed we did not bomb Hanoi in 1965
It did not take me long to know it was a lost cause, due to no support from Washington. Johnson and McNamara were complete idiots, they are responsible for the injuries and deaths of Thousands.
Three N. Vietnam Generals wrote they were amazed we did not bomb Hanoi in 1965
Posted on 1/19/20 at 1:27 pm to red sox fan 13
seemed like WW1 was the worst for conditions with piss poor healthcare and it seemed like the whole war never went more then a mile or two in any direction across body filled fields and trenches and then the gas attacks were horrendous trying to live through
This post was edited on 1/19/20 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 1/19/20 at 3:07 pm to red sox fan 13
WW1
Italian front = brutality:
Vitorrio Veneto
The white death (avalanche)
1 million deaths (yikes)
The Italian front
Italian front = brutality:
Vitorrio Veneto
The white death (avalanche)
1 million deaths (yikes)
The Italian front
Posted on 1/19/20 at 3:26 pm to KillTheGophers
Being a roman at cannae would have been pretty bad
This post was edited on 1/19/20 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 1/19/20 at 3:31 pm to red sox fan 13
The invading Danes vs the Celtic tribes of the northern islands off Scotland and east coast England. 200 years.
Savage.
by 1013
danes held norway, southern sweden, iceland and greenland, england and the islands north of scotland.
Savage.
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Danish laws formed the basis of the Dane Law, and gave the name “The Danelaw” to an area in north and east England that came under Danish control in the latter half of the 9th century. The Viking raids culminated in 1013 CE when the Viking King Sweyn Forkbeard conquered the whole of England.
by 1013
danes held norway, southern sweden, iceland and greenland, england and the islands north of scotland.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 3:37 pm to CelticDog
The national championship game with a les miles offense was pretty grim.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 3:38 pm to red sox fan 13
Fighting Genghis Khan wouldn't have been fun.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 3:44 pm to KillTheGophers
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Worst battle - being a confederate soldier at Gettysburg 6,000 dead in less than 50 minutes on the 3rd day
Eh. I think it still goes to Custer.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 3:54 pm to red sox fan 13
Stalingrad
It’s said that the average lifespan of a German soldier entering the battle was just 24 hours.
It’s said that the average lifespan of a German soldier entering the battle was just 24 hours.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 4:34 pm to red sox fan 13
I’ll go with WW1 or the Civil War. Just brutal combat without modern medicine.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 4:38 pm to red sox fan 13
I’d say the civil war. Tactics and medicine were way behind the weapons and conditions. More soldiers died of diseases than combat. WW 1 is a close second. Trench warfare and chemical weapons had to be a total horror to experience.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 4:43 pm to TigerNlc
Few battles can compare to the unrelenting hell of the WWI Battle of Passchendaele. You’ve got the hell of trench warfare and all that entails. And on top of that you can literally be drown in mud and disappear forever.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 4:46 pm to red sox fan 13
Probably some medieval war where everyone dies and those who don’t are captured and tortured in the most brutal way possible
Modern wars probably WWI
Modern wars probably WWI
Posted on 1/19/20 at 4:48 pm to MDB
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But y’all are forgetting battles like that of the Chosin Reservoir in Korea. Merely existing in -20 degree temps in the open are brutal enough. Try fighting with frozen fingers and inoperable weapons and retreating on frost-bitten feet. This also applies to the Eastern Front in WWII Russia and probably Valley Forge. The wounded had little chance of recovery and troops simply froze to death at their posts. A person can cope, though not easily, with excessive heat and rain but the human body simply cannot function in extreme cold. Add to that all the extremes of war.
I'll have to ask my Grandpa more about that next time I talk with him. Here he is on the North/South Korea border.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 4:53 pm to Pelican fan99
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medieval war
With a few notable exceptions such as the Hundred Years War, Medieval wars tended to be short affairs usually decided in one or two decisive battles. And unless you were within a few miles of a battle, it probably didn’t affect you at all. Wars were more compact in that instead of a “front”, armies moved as a mass, usually no more than a few thousand men, and battles were fought on a single field.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 5:04 pm to Athos
Just saying Cannae
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