What is your favorite war to study in history?

Question

What is your favorite war and why. Don't say because it's bloody, cuz then I'll ignore you. I mean politcally.

my favorite is WWI because that's the one my great-grandfather fought in. He's still alive, don't worry.

Answer 1

World War 2.

It was probably the most emotional war out there. There was so much racism, hate, blood shed over nothing. All because of one man. If one man could cause that much damage. Think how much peace and tranquility could be created with just one man. Or woman. Or even child.

It also hits home a bit. I have a great grandmother (and my great great grandmother-who was killed in the Holocaust) who was in the Holocaust. I have family who remembers it. Who died in it because of who they were.

What would it be like for our loved ones if someone killed us just because we had red hair? Or because we had brown eyes? How would we feel if we were tortured because of it?

I just don't ever want to forget any of the wars, because maybe then, we can try to prevent them. But WWII stands out most for me for personal reasons.

Answer 2

WW ll because the advances made in technology and the clear cut defeat of evil by good in spite of horrendous odds against such an outcome. As much as I wish someone had injected a chunk of lead into Hitlers brain before he started all this crap, I am fascinated how one man could lead a whole country down such an insane road to self destruction. BTW, even if Hitler had not been born, there still would have been the Japanese to deal with, the invasion of pearl harbour had nothing to do with Adolph.

Answer 3

it would have to be the vikings they were the most toughest and bloodiest of them all. they killed every man and child. I know you would ignore this but here me out in the end they crusade for the last time when they fought against England most historians would agree. they heard about some Holly Grail and they went looking for it and when they went back they became Christiana a big turn around and many months of battle they fought for sovernighty like most other wars.ion their timees. but remarkable the reason they won we've battle was in the winter months they would stay home and come up with a stragedy and in the summer they fight. there stragedy of counter attack and attack has become history in the world of military planning. when thet attacked England most of them. stayed there and lived on English soil. and that is where Anglo Saxon cam in and majority of Australian do not realize that we are not thought we were English but a majority of Australian originated from the vikings. and now princess Mary is now in Denmark it seems we have discovered our natural roots in where we cam from

Answer 4

One campaign, and two wars.

The campaign is Napoleon's invasion of Russia that turned into a disaster. This was the turning point (1812) whch led to his decline and fall, his loss of empire (1813), the Allies invasion of France (1814) and Napoleon's abdication and exile to Elba; his brief return and his final defeat at Waterloo (1815). Extremely instructive at a number of levels: miilitary, political, and psychological (the psychopathology of obsessive world conquerors).

The American Civil War is probably the most insructive war in terms of strategy and tactics, political leadershjip and the learning curve on selection and use of commanders and forces, the relationship of economics and technology to warfare, the problems of civilian morale in a long war, and on and on and on. I sometimes think that every American Presidential candidate should have to take an exam on the Civil War and report on what lessons he thinks he has learned from it (but of course, I am dreaming in technicolor).

World War II — same host of multidimensional lessons that could be learned, but particularly the lessons of the problemsl of coalitiions (how to put together and hold together winning coalitions, despite the ever-present tensions among alllies who face different realities and have different perceptions of national interest).

War, of course, is bloody and terrible. Precisely because of this, we ought to study wars and learn from them.

Answer 5

The War of humanity against nature/mother earth. Its my favorite becuase we are in the middle of it.

Long live the ways of the old & wise aboriginal elders! Natives aren't dead yet!... the grownd belong our feet still grows grass and the river flows!!!

Answer 6

The Mexican-American War; only 7 battles, U.S. won them all. Robert E. Lee was like a Navy Seal, taking troops to places they said no one could get through. U.S. lost more troops to malaria than to the battles themselves, only about 1,700 men were killed in combat out of the 13000 American deaths.

Not a big fan of war, but this is my favorite to study.

Answer 7

the viet-nam war. all the mistakes made in that one are being made again in the current iraqi debacle. those who should have learned the lessons of that war, have not. classic case of "he who will not learn the lessons of history are condemned to repeat it". i can *EXPERIENCE* history in real-time, so to speak, b/c
i fought in it myself: i volunteered for it, and once i got there, stayed until the end

Answer 8

Buddha's famous war against human sufferings.

Answer 9

SHAKAZOLO . THIS WAS A MAN FIGHT HIS WARS ON AN ELEPHANT HE EVEN BATTLE THE GREAT NAPOLEON LOL HES WAS STRONG AND FARE LESS CHECK HIM UP OK

Answer 10

Ain't gonna study war no more.