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I feel that the Civil War was the most important war in America.
1. Roughly 550,000 killed 2. Most destructive conflict that was fought at home. 3. The abolishment of Slavery 4. A settlement to form a unified country 5. Breach loading rifles 6. Ironclads 7. Submarines 8. "Cofee Mill" Machinegun 9. Gattling Gun Probably the first modern war of our time. |
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For me I would have to say that WWII was the most important war the US ever fought for itself or for the world as whole. If we had lost the Revolutionary war we would indeed still be part of the British Commonwealth, but as time has shown all the nations under that aegis have gained independance eventually. If the South had won the Civil War slavery would've ended anyway. There was already a groundswell starting for it when the war began. It was unprofitable and self-defeating and the South knew it. Most today still think that war was fought over slavery when, in fact, it was fought over states rights. That being which was the higher power - the Federal government or the state government within its own boundaries. Slavery was an issue that brought that to a head but it was not the major cause. World War II decided whether we would live in a free world or a totalitarian one. Nothing else even comes close to the significance of that.
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i have to agree with bush musketeer (but from a kiwi perspective)
GALLIPOLI shaped the NZ notion of nationhood, rather than just being a colony. that and any battle the maori battalion fought at. long live the ANZAC legends over the past couple of years, turnouts at anzac dawn services has been growing...just 10 years ago they were thinking of stopping them. |
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