For all you history buffs out there, what is your favourite war from the present day to the classical era what war do you find truly amazing?
For me its WW1 the scope and the size of the armies was like nothing seen before, the ferocity and tactics involved as well makes it stand out for me.
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Anonymous2009-06-13 2:33
Me too, but I gotta go with Iraq 'cuz I was there. Oh, and I have a soft spot for Nam. My favorite WWI story is that of T.E. Lawrence in Arabia, pushing back the Ottomans.
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Anonymous2009-06-13 2:46
I was in the War on Drugs. Both sides. Different times.
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Anonymous2009-06-13 2:52
Warsaw was RAW!
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Anonymous2009-06-13 3:19
I think WW2 was the best due to the Japanese who had Banzai charges, Kamikazes and snipers hiding in trees.
The Football War. Central American hooligans put all others to shame
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Anonymous2009-06-13 12:47
And the White House burned, burned, burned,
And we’re the one’s that did it!
It burned, burned, burned,
While the president ran and cried.
It burned, burned, burned,
And things were very historical.
And the Americans ran and cried like a bunch of little babies
Waa waa waah!
In the War of 1812!
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Anonymous2009-06-13 13:31
Yeah, you managed to burn the White house. Then you were forced to give up and go home with nothing. "'Cause our flag was still there" in Baltimore, and when "In 1814 we took a little trip" we beat you like a bad dog. And now you're our bitches. You must be very proud. But hey, thanks for the great songs.
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Anonymous2009-06-13 13:39
I imagine the first war; likely fought over a dead animal carcass, the two groups of people flailing wildly and screaming like apes, each trying to secure the valuable resource for themselves. How little things have changed.
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Anonymous2009-06-13 15:05
In 1812, we were just sittin’ around,
Mindin’ our own business, puttin’ crops into the ground.
We heard the soldiers coming and we didn’t like that sound.
So we took a boat to Washington and burned it to the ground.
Oh... we... fired our guns, but the Yankees kept-a coming,
There wasn’t quite as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and the Yankees started running,
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico, oh, oh....
They ran through the snow and they ran through the forest,
They ran through the bushes where the beavers wouldn’t go.
They ran so fast, they forgot to take their culture,
Back to America, and Gulf and Texaco
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Anonymous2009-06-13 15:17
Oh, I'm a good old Rebel soldier, now that's just what I am;
For this "Fair Land of Freedom" I do not give a damn!
I'm glad I fit against it, I only wish we'd won,
And I don't want no pardon for anything I done.
I followed old Marse Robert for four years, near about,
Got wounded in three places, and starved at Point Lookout.
I cotched the "roomatism" a'campin' in the snow,
But I killed a chance o' Yankees, and I'd like to kill some mo'!
Three hundred thousand Yankees is stiff in Southern dust!
We got three hundred thousand before they conquered us.
They died of Southern fever and Southern steel and shot,
But I wish we'd got three million instead of what we got.
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Anonymous2009-06-13 15:25
The Anglo-Zanzibar War was fought between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar on 27 August 1896. The conflict lasted approximately 38 minutes[nb 1] and is the shortest war in history.[7] The immediate cause of the war was the death of the pro-British Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini on 25 August 1896 and the subsequent succession of Sultan Khalid bin Barghash. The British authorities preferred Hamud bin Muhammed, who was more favourable to them, as Sultan. In accordance with a treaty signed in 1886, a condition for accession to the sultancy was that the candidate obtain the permission of the British Consul, and Khalid had not fulfilled this requirement. The British considered this a casus belli and sent an ultimatum to Khalid demanding that he order his forces to stand down and leave the palace. In response, Khalid called up his palace guard and barricaded himself inside the palace.
The ultimatum expired at 09:00 East Africa Time (EAT) on 27 August, by which time the British had gathered three cruisers, two gunships, 150 marines and sailors and 900 Zanzibaris in the harbour area. The Royal Navy contingent were under the command of Rear-Admiral Harry Rawson whilst their Zanzibaris were commanded by Brigadier-General Lloyd Mathews of the Zanzibar army. Around 2,800 Zanzibaris defended the palace; most were recruited from the civilian population, but they also included the Sultan's palace guard and several hundred of his servants and slaves. The defenders had several artillery pieces and machine guns which were set in front of the palace sighted at the British ships. A bombardment which was opened at 09:02 set the palace on fire and disabled the defending artillery. A small naval action took place with the British sinking a Zanzibari royal yacht and two smaller vessels, and some shots were fired ineffectually at the pro-British Zanzibari troops as they approached the palace. The flag at the palace was shot down and fire ceased at 09:40.
The Sultan's forces sustained roughly 500 casualties, while only one British sailor was injured. Sultan Khalid received asylum in the German consulate before escaping to Tanganyika. The British quickly placed Sultan Hamud in power at the head of a puppet government. The war marked the end of Zanzibar as a sovereign state and the start of a period of heavy British influence.
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Anonymous2009-06-13 16:41
Look to the future, outlaw
The storm is coming now,
RACE WAR!!
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Anonymous2009-06-13 16:44
>>19
Race war? lol, do try and keep up, eh? That sort of nonsense is long past.
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Anonymous2009-06-13 16:52
>>20
Where I live we have weekly race riots. Tell that to them.