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Ok, a little teaching here sir since it seems y'all both aren't from here (excuse me for that then), America was divided into 2 parts, the Confederate, and the Union. They were both still America.

The Union was fighting to free slaves. The Confederates were fighting to have slaves. They fought each other (remember this is still in America) and many many lives were lost due to this war.

out of 31.4 million Lives in America, 1 million died, and that accounts for 3% of the population WITHIN America. WWII, 62-78 million were lost (i dont know how much of the worlds population was back then, cant find a reliable source) and World War 2 is called World War 2 for a reason.

In all, America fought within itself, and the percentage of deaths within America was largest than other wars, and the soldiers were barely payed enough to buy only eggs and flour.

Did you read what post i was replying to?

OK, why would anyone, in a war, use just a bayonet? Doesn't make sense, does it?

You know, bayonets were used and were a deadly part of combat. It's as simple as that.

What are you arguing about?

What's horrifying about the Holocaust was the intentional genocide of a whole race, but I must say, the war clearly caused much more severe casualties.

OK, why would anyone, in a war, use just a bayonet? Doesn't make sense, does it?

Also I would like to point out the function of the bayonet in the Japanese military. Traditionally swords were only granted to the elite warriors, simple farmers and laborers like what made up the Japanese army never had such items. They were seen as a status symbol, and the bayonets issued to Japanese troops were very sword-like and were designed in such a way to make Japanese troops feel as though by being in service they were 'romoted' to a higher social status. This had a great effect on moral and also helped soldiers to perform more valiantly because their culture demanded that they be held to a higher moral code, bushido, because of their possession of a sword and the status which came with that. A fascinating study on psychological warfare.

Interesting but I can't believe there is so much discussion on this just because I mentioned the word "bayonet".

But anyway.

The Soviet army at times was heavily short on firearms and ammunition that it even had to sent soldiers in without any guns. So I'm sure the use of bayonets was common in such cases.

The Battle of Stalingrad also saw very crowded conditions, which the Germans called "rattenkrieg" meaning "rat warwafe". Soldiers fought literally for yards, but for inches. It involved extremely close quarter combat within houses themselves. Considering that it would take over 5 seconds to reload a rifle, bayoneting would be very useful.

I think the worst war was the crusades because millions of people died just because of their religous opinions

Nobody even tried to invade their land or anything

I think the worst war was the crusades because millions of people died just because of their religous opinions

Nobody even tried to invade their land or anything

I'm sure I know what a bayonet is, and it's purpose.

And i misunerstood, you were talking about how they were equipped, i thought you meant that they would just use em alone to kill

WW1. Has to be. Spawned off the Spanish Flu, killed people, horrible tactics, the breaking of so many families. Killed: 56 Million.

I am with WW1 because of the sheer amount of lives lost.

WW2 saw the deaths of more people than WW1. and WW1 killed the pure trench tactics that both sides used there

i just think worldwar II.

WW1 spawned off the Spanish Flu killing 50 million people. And it was worse in the trench fighting.

The spanish flu was going to spawn anyway. Over-population and proverty in one country or another would have spawned it.