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Military History Smackdown

KimmyJ

King Chad

Simple question: What war do you find more interesting, World War 1 or World War 2 and why?

Personally, I find WW1 more interesting and more important. It is a perfect example of old fashioned leadership and dated battle strategy clashing with new age technology. First widespread integration of planes, machine guns of any kind, area denial via mustard gas, tanks, and modernized artillery which was all used alongside old fashioned battle implements like horses and sabers. WW1 also completely changed the map of Europe, set the stage for WW2, rewrote the way battles are fought, put the U.S. & Japan on track to becoming world powers, and phased out "traditional" warfare forever.

Here's just one example of drastic battle strategy changes. The Western front is ridden with tunnels from both sides planning to attack from underground. Hell, there were even tunnels dug under enemy positions that were filled with explosives to kill the enemy from under their feet. That's some Wile E. Coyote shit right there.

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DashingRainbow

world war Z

shenmoki

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DashingRainbow

@shenmoki:
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ReservoirDog

I think WW2 was more interesting. The invention and use of the atomic bomb completely changed how countries displayed their strength, not by sheer numbers of soldiers but by the sheer number of casualties those countries can inflict.

darkjungle

WWI because of all the new techniques and trenches.

LaughingMan9

WWII because the basis for war wasn't just a continent-wide Mexican stand-off.

GarrettRainboom

The Civil War, not for the actual war itself but more for the events leading up to it.

Bello6

The revolutionary war we showed them chinese what for

TheOnlyHuman

@shenmoki: Example of a quality poster right here...

Wriastwraith

They are both incredibly interesting but WWII is just a little bit more. Some of the schemes and technology that came out of it were just insane, and that is even excluding the atomic bomb. Just look at the fake army the allies set up for Normandy, or the use if bats as weapons, the V series rockets.

deadshadow

foking furry

WW I caused WW II so you can't have one without the other, as for technology goes tanks were first introduced but they were treated like navy ships and you can't do that. i find WW I interesting but i prefer WW II as it was more grand so to speak

M4xwell

Insanitarium

WWII due to the technological advances we came out with in the end due to it.

KimmyJ

King Chad

Bump for more opinions on the matter.

SpongeyGString

Akari~n!

I prefer WWII because it had planes.

Carlsbean

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I'll have to go with WWI. I'm still waiting for a WWI expansion pack for Battlefield like they did with Vietnam...

KimmyJ

King Chad

@SpongeyGString: And WW1 didn't? Lol, who was the Red Baron?

Redblood801

Chief Dingus

@KimmyJ: HE WAS A TEMPLAR!

SpongeyGString

Akari~n!

@KimmyJ: Correction, jet planes.

KimmyJ

King Chad

@Carlsbean: That'd be so beany... Pic related, what I'd want to see in the game.

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SpongeyGString

Akari~n!

@Carlsbean: I know right, trench warfare would be amazingĀ  for an FPS.

Redblood801

Chief Dingus

@SpongeyGString: Sit in the trench for 30 minutes in crouch, if you stand up you get shot.

SpongeyGString

Akari~n!

@Redblood801: Sounds like how pros play CoD.

KimmyJ

King Chad

@SpongeyGString: Developers can get creative, you know? Not every war game is factual.

SpongeyGString

Akari~n!

@KimmyJ: He said for Battlefield which tends to be as accurate as possible.

Redblood801

Chief Dingus

@SpongeyGString: Yes, because a knife to the foot kills people.

SpongeyGString

Akari~n!

@Redblood801: That's CoD, dude.

Redblood801

Chief Dingus

@SpongeyGString: No, this is a cod.
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KimmyJ

King Chad

@SpongeyGString: I'm picturing it being more like a Bad Company type game where you are part of a small squad to get shit done. There is no way any developer would make a game in which you do nothing but sit around. That'd be financial suicide.

SpongeyGString

Akari~n!

@Redblood801: I prefer this kind.
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Redblood801

Chief Dingus

@KimmyJ: EA would do it, and then make you pay for combat DLC

SpongeyGString

Akari~n!

@Redblood801: Buy the game for the trenches, buy the DLC for the guns!

Redblood801

Chief Dingus

@SpongeyGString: $100 Gas DLC

SpongeyGString

Akari~n!

@Redblood801: And in-game microtransactions if you want ammo.

Carlsbean

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@SpongeyGString: Battlefield? Accurate? HA!

KimmyJ

King Chad

@Carlsbean: Top lel

natehalodragon

I think WW2 is more interesting. I just like the way America just sort of banned together really grabbed the situation by the balls. It was like the pinnacle of American ingenuity.

natehalodragon

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KimmyJ

King Chad

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KimmyJ

King Chad

The HMMWV of the first world war:

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Ogrelord_Shrek

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I don't like blacks. Which one had more niggur deaths?


I know about the 92nd Infantry Division and 93rd along with the Tuskegee Airmen (Flying Moon Crickets!?) as the primary units, in WWI and WWII respectively, but which had more dead nig-nogs?


1,647 nig casualties in the 92nd in WWI, and a little over 3,200 in WWII (1944-45)


93rd saw 3,534 casualties in WWI, and I cannot find the casualties of the 93rd Division in WWII.


So fucking close m8.

Deadlyparasite1

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I liked WWII because many jews died.

KimmyJ

King Chad

@Deadlyparasite1: Those dirty kike bastards...

Deadlyparasite1

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@KimmyJ: Ye. You right.

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