What is you 5 top wars that changed the world forever.

AndyDufresne · Post by **AndyDufresne** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:55 pm

P.S. I'm going to have to agree that the Cold War was indeed a war. And, hourman, who are you to say no blood was shed? I'm pretty sure there were countless covert operations on both sides, probably a number that haven't even been revealed. :-\

--Andy

Guiscard · Post by **Guiscard** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:57 pm

Its not just the covert operations... Both Korea and Vietnam were wars of proxy where American troops died in the cold war fighting the spread of communism.

AndyDufresne · Post by **AndyDufresne** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:58 pm

Agreed, indirect conflicts.

--Andy

albend · Post by **albend** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:03 pm

plus there were "missing" subs on boths sides.

Guiscard · Post by **Guiscard** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:04 pm

Plus all the Bond films...

albend · Post by **albend** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:06 pm

we should be happy it didnt go off. a war or not it would not have been good. we didnt even fight them and great damage was caused milatary and ecomiclly.

kcoenich · Post by **kcoenich** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:13 pm

WW II by far...

WW I

French revolution

Alexander the Great`s wars

those are my top 4

sfhbballnut · Post by **sfhbballnut** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:18 pm

WWI top hands down. Completly changed the world

Guiscard · Post by **Guiscard** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:20 pm

Thirty Years War in the 17th Century (or more the peace of Westphalia which ended it).

Ushered in the whole idea of sovereign nation states upon which pretty much all later wars depended. The nation-state institutionalised diplomacy and the military, and this European model was eventually to spread worldwide through colonialism. Sovereignty, and the right of nations not to be oppressed or influenced by foreign nations has been the route of pretty much all non-revolutionary or civil wars since then.

albend · Post by **albend** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:40 pm

the cusades

revertionary war

when the hamer turned back the perisans

ww11

ww1

albend · Post by **albend** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:41 pm

the trench war really changed the world.

luns101 · Post by **luns101** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:12 pm

1. World War II
2. The Punic Wars (Rome vs. Carthage...actually a series of wars)
3. The American Revolution
4. World War I
5. American Civil War

P Gizzle · Post by **P Gizzle** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:20 pm

1. World War II
2. Punic Wars
3. American Revolution
4. World War I
5. Napoleonic Wars

luns101 · Post by **luns101** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:29 pm

luns101 wrote:1. World War II
2. The Punic Wars (Rome vs. Carthage...actually a series of wars)
3. The American Revolution
4. World War I
5. American Civil War

P Gizzle wrote:1. World War II
2. Punic Wars
3. American Revolution
4. World War I
5. Napoleonic Wars

Very scary Gizzle. Glad we don't agree on #5 or we might be charged with being multis.

Huguenots · Post by **Huguenots** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:13 am

wow scary

P Gizzle · Post by **P Gizzle** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:15 am

whoa, that's weird......i saw your post at a glance, and then i thought "i think this is like luns's but i think the order is mixed up", but apparently not....but we agree, and that's not a bad thing...i think

Huguenots · Post by **Huguenots** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:16 am

thats something new

Hitman079 · Post by **Hitman079** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:34 am

1. World War II
2. World War I
3. Cold War
4. Revolutionary War (American)
5. War of 1812 (when Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine, the US was finally recognized as a new nation or something)

war_bloodline · Post by **war_bloodline** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:39 am

1.WW1
2.Napoleonic Wars
3.WW2
4.Korean War
5.Vietnam War
Bold- Beacuse it was when the communist where running over the world and every cont. counted in needing to be freed from the communists.

Balsiefen · Post by **Balsiefen** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:41 am

1:WWII
2:2nd Punic wars
3:Spanish armada
4:WWI
5:Indian Wars

hourman · Post by **hourman** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:14 am

You guys every war changed the wold somehow.

Dariune · Post by **Dariune** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:42 am

I often wonder how drastically the Greek invasion of Egypt has changed our world.

Egypt were a technological superpower in some respects and far behind in others.

Had they been alowed to grow and be more i wonder how different things would be today.

I wonder if the romans would have beaten egypt.

I only know a little about egypts wars but they do fascinate me

RenegadePaddy · Post by **RenegadePaddy** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:51 am

In no particular order:

* US Civil War (removed secession as a possibility, forged modern US)
* English Civil War (modern army structure developed through NMA)
* WW I & II (ended the imperial age, for the main)
* Napoleaonic Wars (United seeral groups of states into nations, standardised many legal systems through Code Napolean etc)
* No idea whats its called, but the unification of China

albend · Post by **albend** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:08 am

the cusades had a real lasting effect. for both sides, so many killed in the name of god

flashleg8 · Post by **flashleg8** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:35 am

war_bloodline wrote:1.WW1
2.Napoleonic Wars
3.WW2
4.Korean War
5.Vietnam War
Bold- Beacuse it was when the communist where running over the world and every cont. counted in needing to be freed from the communists.

Bold- because it was when the imperialists were running over the world and every cont. counted in the fight for global freedom from the capitalists.

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