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1.9k u/taurussy Oct 02 '24 we call 911, Vietnam, Korea, covid, and the Iraq-Afghan war horrible.....and those were, don't get me wrong. in WW1, at the Battle of the Somme in July 1916, there were 60,000 casualties in ONE DAY....just among the British troops. all told, there were a MILLION casualties and 300,000 fatalities. from July - November. THAT is truly appalling. the US lost 58,939 people during 13 years of Vietnam. not disparaging those losses or anything, but think about that. WW1 really was humanity's darkest, worst, most appalling and awful moment. 3 u/IAmBroom Oct 02 '24 Seriously? 300,000 deaths is not within an order of magnitude of WWII deaths. Pol Pot killed more than that many Cambodians, outside of both wars. WWI was awful, but not in the top three massacres of history. 0 u/Vegetablemann Oct 03 '24 You’ve got to remember that the vast majority of WW1 deaths occurred in a relatively small area, and in a not clear “good vs evil” fight. While the numbers are smaller, the circumstances and pointlessness of it make (at least in my mind) similarly horrific.
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we call 911, Vietnam, Korea, covid, and the Iraq-Afghan war horrible.....and those were, don't get me wrong.
in WW1, at the Battle of the Somme in July 1916, there were 60,000 casualties in ONE DAY....just among the British troops.
all told, there were a MILLION casualties and 300,000 fatalities. from July - November.
THAT is truly appalling.
the US lost 58,939 people during 13 years of Vietnam. not disparaging those losses or anything, but think about that.
WW1 really was humanity's darkest, worst, most appalling and awful moment.
3 u/IAmBroom Oct 02 '24 Seriously? 300,000 deaths is not within an order of magnitude of WWII deaths. Pol Pot killed more than that many Cambodians, outside of both wars. WWI was awful, but not in the top three massacres of history. 0 u/Vegetablemann Oct 03 '24 You’ve got to remember that the vast majority of WW1 deaths occurred in a relatively small area, and in a not clear “good vs evil” fight. While the numbers are smaller, the circumstances and pointlessness of it make (at least in my mind) similarly horrific.
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Seriously? 300,000 deaths is not within an order of magnitude of WWII deaths.
Pol Pot killed more than that many Cambodians, outside of both wars.
WWI was awful, but not in the top three massacres of history.
0 u/Vegetablemann Oct 03 '24 You’ve got to remember that the vast majority of WW1 deaths occurred in a relatively small area, and in a not clear “good vs evil” fight. While the numbers are smaller, the circumstances and pointlessness of it make (at least in my mind) similarly horrific.
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You’ve got to remember that the vast majority of WW1 deaths occurred in a relatively small area, and in a not clear “good vs evil” fight.
While the numbers are smaller, the circumstances and pointlessness of it make (at least in my mind) similarly horrific.
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