I can agree, but I don’t think well ever understand the true gravity of the terror the soldiers felt in these wars.

I agree though it seems quite silly to me to compare wars, deeming some “worse” than others. This is due to the fact that any loss of human life, whether it be from a serial killer to a enemy soldier is quite devastating and deeming some worst than others is like the age old would-you-rather question of “would you rather die from burning or freezing.” In the end, it’s both the same thing, another human life loss, another soul stripped away of their potential life with friends and families. Putting them on a tier list just seems silly to me, personally.

And about changing your mind, imagine yourself a Ethiopian tribesman that has been conscripted into our local militia to push back foreign invaders from your land, who tried once a few decades prior. You see hulking metal behemoths in the far distance, no clue to what they are, or what they do. Your officer orders you to charge, your spear and shield in hand. Though the sharpshooters brandish rifles there is too little to spare to everyone, and you are forced to engage the enemy in melee combat. As you charge, the machine guns of the hulking behemoth come to life, sputtering out a amount of bullets that would take minutes for a sharpshooter’s rifle to send out in just a few seconds. Your comrades are torn to shreds as blood taints the African plain, you continue to charge up against the foreign foe. Green smokes begin to rain down the field, you have little clue to what it does. You see your comrades begin to convulse, clutching their necks, as if they are choking to death. The smoke reaches you, and you begin to have difficulties breathing. You collapse onto the floor as you drown on land, unable to breathe through the thick green gas. Such is the subjugation of Ethiopia through warfare in during the Italian invasion in 1935-1937, and the following occupation until the 1940’s.

haha bomb go brr