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At what point does a war become a world war? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 week ago by BeatTakeshi to c/[email protected]

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What with north korean soldiers fighting for Russia in Ukraine, where is the line drawn?

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[–] sanguinepar 9 points 1 week ago

The US Civil War eclipsed both in the number of casualties

I'm maybe misunderstanding you here, but as far as I know there were about 100 times as many people killed in WW2 as in the US Civil war. 60 odd million vs 600,000 or so.