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Re:Mega-wars that shaped world history by jackcosgrove on Friday March 27, 2020 @08:34PM (#22708161)
WWI and WWII can be seen as one war, which was the attempt by Germany to displace the UK and wider Anglo world as the dominant western power. I think it makes sense to group the wars together.

I don't know how widespread this view is.

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Re:Mega-wars that shaped world history by gerdesj on Friday March 27, 2020 @08:59PM (#22708288)
Not very widespread. You may not have a very long view on history. Take a look at my username (I'm "English" by the way). Just in case I need to spell it out: Gerdes ~= German.

Those two wars had very different reasons despite Germany being a participant in both of them. Russia (famous for not being Anglo) was a major player in those wars as well and we should not overlook Japan etc as well.

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Re:Mega-wars that shaped world history by Merrill on Friday March 27, 2020 @10:57PM (#22708813)
WW I is the more important because it destroys the power of the royal families that ruled the empires of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Turkey and China. By the end of WW II most royal families were reduced to figurehead status, except for the British and the ones that Britain tried to re-establish in the Middle East.
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