It's wild to see people in real time learning that war is bad and civilians die a lot. As if contemporary wars are the only ones that have had mass civilian casualties. Shit is horrific always.

Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world · 24 hours ago

It's wild to see people in real time learning that war is bad and civilians die a lot. As if contemporary wars are the only ones that have had mass civilian casualties. Shit is horrific always.

RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 12 hours ago

Want to read some good war books that will leave you thoroughly depressed?

Enemy At The Gates: The Battle For Stalingrad by William Craig

And

Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam by Mark Bowden

While they cover older wars the damage is the same to civilians. They’re worth the read just to see that war is hell. EATG gives a lot of insight about what happened to the Germans in Russia after the war, too.