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Which war was more horrific? WWI vs WWII?

randomtask09 · 2012-05-15 11:56:57

So OT which in your opinion was the more horrific war?I suspect most of you will say WWII as it had greater causalties, especially civilian causalties, and Im sure some will bring up the atomic bombings and fire bombings which are fair arguments. But I'm going to have to go with The Great War WWI.Why?Simple. It was so damn pointless. The war started for practically no reason other than countries not liking each other. There was no clear goal for either side during the fighting, and absolutely nothing was accomplished other than laying the ground work for another War.Atleast in WWII there were terrible people in power that were seeking to conquer Europe that needed to be stopped.World War II needed to be fought, but World War I.....why?WWI's battles were absolutely awful as well. Essentially rot in a trench hoping to not get gassed or hit by artillery and wait for your CO to blow the whistle. When he did....you die. No tactics at all, just charge straight into machine gun fire. The Battle of the Somme was so brutal that the ground was more blood and bodies than it was earth.WWII battles were no picnic by any means, but if I was forced to fight in either World War II's Eastern front or World War I's Western front I think I'd choose WWII Eastern.Thoughts?

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wis3boi

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#51 wis3boi

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WWII by far. 60,000,000 dead, genocide, millions of civilian casualties, nukes being used, etc

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#52 Toph_Girl250

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Both I think were extremely horrific wars in their own ways, but I think World War 2 Wins, no other war comes close when you look at all the horrific stuff that happened to people in Europe in those Concentration Camps.

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#53 brickdoctor

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While WWII racked up a higher kill count, I'd much rather serve in it than WWI. Trench warfare sounds lousy.

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#54 David719

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WWII was worse overall especially if you include the holocaust. On the battlefield however, I'm almost certain that WWI was far more hellish.

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#55 randomtask09

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The Holocaust really wasnt apart of WWII. They're 2 separate events that happen to have occurred during the same time frame. The Holocaust would have happened regardless of WWII, and WWII would have happened regardless of the Holocaust. Now if the Allies would have gone to war to stop the Holocaust then I would consider them linked, but as it was the Allies didnt even know about it until late '44.

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