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  • #61
    Originally posted by Oerdin View Post
    After the Napoleonic Wars it was ~100 years before another major war broke out in Europe.

    You've really got to consider the Franco-Prussian war (1870-71) to be major. Over a million soldiers mobilised, and Paris besieged?
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    • #62
      Originally posted by Bugs ****ing Bunny View Post
      You've really got to consider the Franco-Prussian war (1870-71) to be major. Over a million soldiers mobilised, and Paris besieged?
      These wasn't either just ManC/ManU brawls :

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Schleswig_War
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Schleswig_War

      The battles and number of soldiers may not be that big, but the diplomatic battle was not low stakes.
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      • #63
        Originally posted by Agent Sox View Post
        Because it's been like 60 years since WW2 so we're kind of due for WW3.
        That's not how wars work.
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        • #64
          Well duh. But the wars aren't over yet. There's awhile to go.

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