What war in history interests you the most?

World War II. All the sides seemed to be equally capable and the chances of defeat/victory the same. Plus it has D-day, which I can't even imagine organizing and trying to execute. I can read on it all day long and never lose fascination.

Korea/Vietnam and WWI.

Vietnam and Korean, simply because it's amusing watching/reading about 'The world's superpower' not minding their own business, and then getting owned my China-men hiding in holes.Fightingfan

I don't think 58,000 American dead compared to 1.5 million + North Vietnam/Viet Cong dead constitutes "America getting owned"... The war was going fine, every major North Vietnamese offensive was repulsed prior to US leaving (including Tet Offensive), the US public simply didn't want us there (because didn't think it was justified, especially after secret invasions/bombings in neutral Laos were revealed)... Which is why Nixon took the "graceful" peaceful exit when he had a chance and then NV re-invaded SV AFTER the US withdrew completely from the country (apart from our consulate in Saigon).

Same situation in Korea... I hardly think hundreds of thousands of dead is comparable to tens of thousands when arguing you are the victor... North Korea beat South Korea... US led coalition comes in and saves South Korea, nearly destroys North Korea, China comes in with 1.5m + troops and saves them... Once again hardly a "beating" considering it was a few hundred thousand coalition troops (at its peak, much less than that in many cases), operating IN LAND against a force that at its peak was four times as large, still inflicting highly contrasted casualties on the enemy...

In chronological order, for your great studying pleasure:

The Eighty Years' War of the Dutch rebels against the Spanish Empire

World War 1

The Spanish Civil War between the National rebels and the Republican government

World War 2 (especially the Russian Campaign/Great Patriotic War)

The Soviet War in Afghanistan

The 2008 South Ossetia War between Russia and Georgia

Oh and on topic:

- Mexican American War

Highly overlooked in US history, which is silly lol... US war of aggression, which resulted in the invasion of Mexico and subsequent capture of Mexico City forcing Mexico to give the US what is now the entire southwest US (from Texas' early western border to top of California). I don't understand why this war is so overlooked... We went to Mexico, said "hey Mexico we will buy all that land" (because President Polk wanted west coast ports). Mexico was like "na that's a large part of our country" and Polk was like "kthxbye", put a few thousand troops on a disputed border with Texas/Mexico, Mexico responded by putting troops there as well, patrols fire on each other, Polk goes to congress and says "look what Mexico did, US dead on US soil" the rest is history.

- US Civil War

- WW1

- WW2

Easily the Boer Wars and the Crimean War

For me, it's WWII. I have read 59 books on it just in the past 6 years alone.

World War 2. Simple as that. There will never be another conflict as large as WWII (and that's a good thing). Everything about it was so massive in scale it is unbelievable.

It's not just the size, but it was how it was fought. No WMDs, everything was conventional. Tactics shifted greatly. Civilians were now the targets of the major powers, not just soldiers. The war machine was so great in each nation that a pure military engagementwas impossible. You had to target the war machine, which meant targeting civilians.

Then there is the politics. It gets very complicated. Especially when you start looking at Eastern Europe and how pretty much everybody was killing everybody for their own reasons. It's an increadible look at humanity at our worst.

Other wars that are interesting are Vietnam and Korea, just becuase the dynamics of the superpowers and the whole cold war thing.

WW2 for sure.

For me, it's WWII. I have read 59 books on it just in the past 6 years alone.

WhiteKnight77

No WMDsWasdie

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]No WMDsgamerguru100

Well yeah. WMDs ended the fighting but they weren't present throughout the war.

The existant of WMDs changed war and international politics forever and have made everything very difficult to analyze.

World War 2. Simple as that. There will never be another conflict as large as WWII (and that's a good thing). Everything about it was so massive in scale it is unbelievable.

It's not just the size, but it was how it was fought. No WMDs, everything was conventional. Tactics shifted greatly. Civilians were now the targets of the major powers, not just soldiers. The war machine was so great in each nation that a pure military engagementwas impossible. You had to target the war machine, which meant targeting civilians.

Then there is the politics. It gets very complicated. Especially when you start looking at Eastern Europe and how pretty much everybody was killing everybody for their own reasons. It's an increadible look at humanity at our worst.

Other wars that are interesting are Vietnam and Korea, just becuase the dynamics of the superpowers and the whole cold war thing.

Wasdie

the two world wars, the Mongol conquests , the Jewish-Roman wars

Oh and on topic:

- Mexican American War

Highly overlooked in US history, which is silly lol... US war of aggression, which resulted in the invasion of Mexico and subsequent capture of Mexico City forcing Mexico to give the US what is now the entire southwest US (from Texas' early western border to top of California). I don't understand why this war is so overlooked... We went to Mexico, said "hey Mexico we will buy all that land" (because President Polk wanted west coast ports). Mexico was like "na that's a large part of our country" and Polk was like "kthxbye", put a few thousand troops on a disputed border with Texas/Mexico, Mexico responded by putting troops there as well, patrols fire on each other, Polk goes to congress and says "look what Mexico did, US dead on US soil" the rest is history.

- US Civil War

- WW1

- WW2

C2N2

WWI

so much death and absolute devistation of the land in such a tight space. it also had so many firsts. planes were first being used. tanks. submarines. machine guns. etc...

plus the horrors of the mustard gas, the gas masks, the mountains of corpses being used as cover. man, im messed up huh?

xbox vs playstation

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"]Vietnam and Korean, simply because it's amusing watching/reading about 'The world's superpower' not minding their own business, and then getting owned my China-men hiding in holes.C2N2

I don't think 58,000 American dead compared to 1.5 million + North Vietnam/Viet Cong dead constitutes "America getting owned"... The war was going fine, every major North Vietnamese offensive was repulsed prior to US leaving (including Tet Offensive), the US public simply didn't want us there (because didn't think it was justified, especially after secret invasions/bombings in neutral Laos were revealed)... Which is why Nixon took the "graceful" peaceful exit when he had a chance and then NV re-invaded SV AFTER the US withdrew completely from the country (apart from our consulate in Saigon).

Same situation in Korea... I hardly think hundreds of thousands of dead is comparable to tens of thousands when arguing you are the victor... North Korea beat South Korea... US led coalition comes in and saves South Korea, nearly destroys North Korea, China comes in with 1.5m + troops and saves them... Once again hardly a "beating" considering it was a few hundred thousand coalition troops (at its peak, much less than that in many cases), operating IN LAND against a force that at its peak was four times as large, still inflicting highly contrasted casualties on the enemy...

K/D doesn't matter in war, it's the objective that matters. Example, America could lose three million troops and Russia lose one-million, but if America prevents Russia from overtaking America, America won.

It's still interesting seeing an inferior culture(financially, education wise), and lacking 'muscle'(troop numbers) defeat/prevent America from accomplishing their purpose. There's no debating America lost both wars, if they won em, Communism wouldn't exist in Korea; and regarding Vietnam, America lost strategically there's no debating that.

WW2 by a longshot

THe US civil war, WW2, Napoleonic wars,

The War on Christianity. :)

The War on Christianity. :)

lowkey254

The Cold War, it is a unique period in human history.

As Wasdie said, there has never been a conflict as large as WW2, yet we have never come as close to an unprescedented level of destruction as we did during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The wars of Scottish independence (Scotland V England)

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World War II

[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

For me, it's WWII. I have read 59 books on it just in the past 6 years alone.

gamerguru100

What can I say, I like to read and that is even working a job that often has 12 hour days.

WWII, considering the modernization of warfare, the global scale, the times leading to the war and the politics of it (esp. on the European side), the number of interesting arenas, and the impact on the future world.

World War 2. Pretty much because of all the games about it.

WW2

QUOTE="Fightingfan"]Vietnam and Korean, simply because it's amusing watching/reading about 'The world's superpower' not minding their own business, and then getting owned my China-men hiding in holes.

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The most?

The Zulu Wars.

[QUOTE="jetpower3"]

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"]Vietnam and Korean, simply because it's amusing watching/reading about 'The world's superpower' not minding their own business, and then getting owned my China-men hiding in holes.Kevlar101

It doesn't sound like you have a very comprehensive understanding of either conflict, if you're going to say things as silly as that.

Had we made a full-on attempt to win the war, rather than use it as a staging ground for our technology, we would have won the war easily. We could've eliminated North Korea and China (at that time) from the map, no question about it. But we had to consider the impact with U.S.S.R.

I'm sure the puny country you belong to would never even have had a chance to do that.

Back on topic....World War 2 (and I enjoy talking with the the remaining American vets on what they remember about it).

Also, the American Civil War has become increasing interesting to me, since I live close to Gettysburg, Pa.......where the turning point to the war happened in July 1863

What still fascinates me at Gettysburgh is Picket's Charge, whereby a mile wide row of Confederate soldiers (a freaking mile!) came charging at the outmanned Union Army and their cannons. Must of been a scary sight for the Union Army but they won, and turned the entire War around.

[QUOTE="Kevlar101"][QUOTE="jetpower3"]

It doesn't sound like you have a very comprehensive understanding of either conflict, if you're going to say things as silly as that.

AFBrat77

The American Civil War is pretty interesting. First sinking of a ship by a submarine, first use of ironclad ships in battle, first use of Gatling guns, the fact that many of the locations it took place in are within driving distance, etc.

Also, WWII is interesting, simply because of how many theatres there were going on.

The 'War Of The Worlds'..

This planet needs a good kick up the backside for everyone to eventually work together as one!

Roll on an Alien Invasion!

[QUOTE="jetpower3"]

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"]Vietnam and Korean, simply because it's amusing watching/reading about 'The world's superpower' not minding their own business, and then getting owned my China-men hiding in holes.Fightingfan

It doesn't sound like you have a very comprehensive understanding of either conflict, if you're going to say things as silly as that.

The Vietnam war was total ass rape, Gorilla tactics AKA campers destroyed the American troops, tons of U.S troops died and they had to withdrawl, doesn't sound like a win to me.

If you're referring to my word choice, *Face palm* that's obviously satire.

*And technically the Korean war is still going on.

Vietnam War

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"]

[QUOTE="jetpower3"]

It doesn't sound like you have a very comprehensive understanding of either conflict, if you're going to say things as silly as that.

Vader993

The Vietnam war was total ass rape, Gorilla tactics AKA campers destroyed the American troops, tons of U.S troops died and they had to withdrawl, doesn't sound like a win to me.

If you're referring to my word choice, *Face palm* that's obviously satire.

*And technically the Korean war is still going on.

Easily World War 2. The amount of people fighting, the different theaters, and the development of newer technology etc. I've read plenty of books on it and there always seems to be fresh material or insight into something I didn't know. It really was a WORLD WAR. HoolaHoopMan

Easily World War 2. The amount of people fighting, the different theaters, and the development of newer technology etc. I've read plenty of books on it and there always seems to be fresh material or insight into something I didn't know. It really was a WORLD WAR. HoolaHoopMan

With the fall of the Soviet Union and the Iron Curtain, there is more material available to study and be able to write or rather, rewrite history as a more fuller story has emerged that can be told. This also goes for Cold War era.