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Originally Posted by klinton
ww1 was raw and brutal ? so what about ww2???
no other war brought so many suffering, especially among civilians
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I look at it from a soldier's point of view.
WW1 had trench warfare, poison gas, massive artillery barrages, the first use of tanks, first use of airplanes, first widespread use of submarines, machineguns were becoming more mainstream. Aside from the artillery, most of the fighting was done face to face with rifles, bayonets, pistols, grenades, swords, and shovels. Yes, shovels.
That's what I mean by raw and brutal.
Warfare that came afterwards was more mechanized and used more efficient methods of killing. It took all the romance out of it.