General Chit-Chat Thread: A New Beginning

[Chris]

Yeah 1812 but we learned it on school as just a war with England lol no Canadian or French mention usually

 

[Comrade Khan]

But there were literally dozens of wars of independence that made countries we still have today during that time, even countries like Australia and Canada officially forming without war

the nation's era mb?

 

[Barry Poppins]

lots of wars then ya . Like so many

In all fairness the Crimean War and the Franco-Prussian War definitely don't count as "World Wars" on the scale of the Great War and the Second World War

 

[Comrade Khan]

In all fairness the Crimean War and the Franco-Prussian War definitely don't count as "World Wars" on the scale of the Great War and the Second World War

no the world part was really the first half of the 1900s

 

[Chris]

The Franco Russian war is essentially the world war 1 prequel politically tho

 

[Barry Poppins]

The Napoleonic Wars are much more akin to the scale of both WW1 at least

 

[Comrade Khan]

But the Prussian French ear directly led to WW1

 

[Chris]

Prussian I mean lol

 

[Comrade Khan]

The Franco Russian war is essentially the world war 1 prequel politically tho

Chris beat me to it

 

[Barry Poppins]

Also as an aside, can I just say I hate the sobriquet WW1 and WW2?

 

[Chris]

The Napoleonic Wars are much more akin to the scale of both WW1 at least

yeah just didn't quite reach that scale but for the reason was as close as you can get

 

[Comrade Khan]

Ya ppl forget the first French revolution turned into a fascist empire lol

 

[Barry Poppins]

I know it's just a matter of convenience lol

 

[Chris]

Ya ppl forget the first French revolution turned into a fascist empire lol

no one even mentioned they went back to monarchy after briefly, country was a mess in the 1800s lol

 

[Barry Poppins]

Like WW1 is always in my mind "The Great War"