but...nothing "dramatic" or "serious" happened with the Japanese occupation of China, so it was sort of in-the-dark by most people.
Seriously?
"The Chinese casualties were 3.22 million soldiers, 9.13 million civilians who were collateral damage, and another 8.4 million were non-military casualties."
Well, to start up a debate. I will say the most uncommon war was that one war in the one place where those one people died in that one year of that one month. Which war was it?
Any war spec ops is fighting. Those we will never hear about.
Those aren't wars. Special Ops deal with reconnaissance, recovery, assault and other secret type missions, which are part of wars but aren't wars themselves.
The most unknown war may be the war of 1812. It's been thought of as "America's forgotten war," where the British invaded the east coast and destroyed the capitol.
The most unknown war may be the war of 1812. It's been thought of as "America's forgotten war," where the British invaded the east coast and destroyed the capitol.
It's very famous compared to the other wars listed.
I disagree. From a military perspective, its importance is over exaggerated, just because Britain, a well known country took part. Politically though it was very important, and enabled Thatcher get another two terms in power.
A war which is pretty unkown but had big implications is the Greek Civil War. Beginning immediately after WW2, it was the first Cold War conflict, pitting the Americans and British who funded and trained the Royalists respectively, and the communists who were unofficially backed by the Soviets. The defeat of the communists ensured the Soviet 'sphere' of influence did not expand any further than Eastern Europe/Germany.
Another important, but unkown war is the Malaya communist guerilla uprising against British forces. Instead of using helicopters and machine guns, the British used hospitals, schools, and sanitation to combat the insurgency. The result was a resounding success, and the tactics developed here meant that British forces have never lost against a communist guerilla uprising since then. Perhaps if the Americans studied these tactics more carefully, who knows what could have happened in Vietnam?
I think that the Cenepa War is the most unknown war of all time. It was a brief conflict between Ecuador and Peru, fought over control of a disputed area on the border between the two countries.
Right after WWI the U.S. sent thousands troops from the Allied Expeditionart Force to help the white russians organize a coup to defeat the soveits. Britain, France, and Japan also sent troops.
Right after WWI the U.S. sent thousands troops from the Allied Expeditionart Force to help the white russians organize a coup to defeat the soveits. Britain, France, and Japan also sent troops.
You mean the Russian Civil war? Yea, about 13 other nations aided the White army against the Bolsheviks.
I would say the Pakistani Civil War of 1971... when our army in Bengal (at that time East Pakistan) committed shameful atrocities and massacred hundreds of thousands of innocent Bengalis.... all because our power hungry politicians were paranoid that Bengal wanted freedom (they just wanted to make a constitution that was fair... which they were justified in doing as they won the elections).
It is truly an awful crime, and one that I don't think many of you know about.
