Top 10 Wars That Never Should Have Happened
Wars that caused massive suffering with little strategic justification, ranked by how preventable they were. World War I tops the list — a conflict that killed 20 million people, started over a single assassination, and could have been avoided at multiple points through basic diplomacy.
The Emu War (Australia, 1932) is here for different reasons — it's the only war where a military lost to birds. The government deployed soldiers with Lewis guns against emus destroying crops. The emus won. It shouldn't have been a war because it shouldn't have been necessary.
Modern conflicts like Afghanistan (2001-2021) and Iraq (2003-2011) rank high because hindsight makes their futility clear. The Vietnam War and Korean War represent Cold War proxy conflicts where millions died for geopolitical posturing. Vote based on how unnecessary the conflict was relative to its human cost.
World War 1
Iraq War
Vietnam War
World War 2
Syrian War
War of 1812
Korean War
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
30 Years War
Cold War
Yugoslav Wars
Emu War
War on Terror
Mexican-American War
Falklands War
Arab'Israeli War
Pig War
First Gulf War
Persian War
Russian War
Ogaden War (Ethio-Somali war)
Napoleonic War
Third Punic War
English Civil War
Anglo-Zanzibar war
War in Donbass
Sri Lankan Civil War
Afghanistan War
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