Around 17 million soldiers and civilians were killed during WW1. Although more Britons died in WW1 than any other conflict, the bloodiest war in our history relative to population size is the Civil War, which raged in the midth Century.
In the UK around six million men were mobilised, and of those just over , were killed. That's around In fact, as a British soldier you were more likely to die during the Crimean War than in WW1. Front-line trenches could be a terribly hostile place to live. Units, often wet, cold and exposed to the enemy, would quickly lose their morale if they spent too much time in the trenches. As a result, the British army rotated men in and out continuously. Between battles, a unit spent perhaps 10 days a month in the trench system and, of those, rarely more than three days right up on the front line.
It was not unusual to be out of the line for a month. During moments of crisis, such as big offensives, the British could occasionally spend up to seven days on the front line but were far more often rotated out after just a day or two. Although the great majority of casualties in WW1 were from the working class, the social and political elite were hit disproportionately hard by WW1.
Their sons provided the junior officers whose job it was to lead the way over the top and expose themselves to the greatest danger as an example to their men.
Anthony Eden lost two brothers, another brother of his was terribly wounded, and an uncle was captured. This saying was supposed to have come from senior German commanders describing brave British soldiers led by incompetent old toffs from their chateaux. In fact the incident was made up by historian Alan Clark. During the war more than generals were killed, wounded or captured. Most visited the front lines every day.
In battle they were considerably closer to the action than generals are today. Naturally, some generals were not up to the job, but others were brilliant, such as Arthur Currie, a middle-class Canadian failed insurance broker and property developer. Their deaths would have been called for, In a way. WW2, However, Killed way more civilians than soldiers. This means that innocent people would have died who didn't have anything to do with the war. From a general point of view, WW2 was worse for the whole world -- even those NOT on the battle field.
While WW1 was bad with leaders, Adolf Hitler was a very cruel man. No man could possibly be as bad as him, Torturing innocent people just because he didn't like their looks.
WW2 had the worst leaders, And the worst things happened. Atomic bombs, Concentration camps, Jews dying for no reason. That's pretty much WW2. Nuclear bombs killed so many people and animals and eradiated the land around the areas of detonation. Without them, The Cold War would not have happened. We don't need those weapons in our lives.
Heck, We don't need war in our lives. Peace is the only way to create a perfect planet! The best argument for world war 1 might be that it led to world war two. Take them separately. World war 2 killed so many people, Mass murdering them. Adolf Hitler was mad, It all was mad. Crazy havoc of death blood. It also created a weapon that can literally end the world. What can possibly be worse than that?
Fck it I changed my opinion half way through now. WWI was worse because they killed lazy horses. You are on radar picket patrol, preparing to invade Japan and 50 Kamikaze planes appear. That's hell. The Atomic Age was developed. Also, over 15 million people died in the Holocaust, and they didn't just take jews to concentration camps, they also took disabled, homosexuals, professors, and people with different political beliefs.
One way to compare wars in history is to look at the loss of life during each war. Using that calculation, the worst wars in history become horrifically obvious. The Napoleonic Wars — Between 3. The Battle of Midway was an epic clash between the U. The U. The 18, U. Marines sent to In June , Japan had seized the remote, sparsely inhabited islands of Attu General Douglas In the spring of , U.
Though the campaign was proving Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. Okinawa Island By the time American troops landed on Okinawa, the war on the European front was nearing its end. Battleship Yamato American troops who headed North to the Motobu Peninsula endured intense resistance and over 1, casualties but won a decisive battle relatively quickly.
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