What's your "favorite" war(s)?

[leo-rcc]

What is your point?

"That people die in wars, so it may be a good idea to stop that shit."

Never going to happen, it is in the nature of the beast.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

What is your point?

"That people die in wars, so it may be a good idea to stop that shit."

Never going to happen, it is in the nature of the beast.

So we need to grow out of "beast".

[Ian]

I have a new "favorite" war: the War of the Pacific, fought between Chile and Peru/Bolivia from 1879-1883.

The root cause of the war was guano. Yes, bird droppings. The barren coast of Bolivia (it has a 200-mile coastline back then) was the world's #1 source of guano, used for agriculture and explosive saltpeter. Chilean companies mined it and, by pre-arranged agreement, provided a tax fee to the Bolivian government. Well, the Bolivian government in 1878 decided to raise the tax by 10 cents a ton; after Chile refused to accept the new price, Bolivia declared war and invoked a defensive alliance with Peru, dragging them into a war they had no interest in. The Chileans responded by sending their naval fleet up against the other fleets. By the time Chile won the war, there were 55,000 soldiers and sailors dead or wounded, and Bolivia no longer had a coastline.

Perhaps the best result of the war is that the US, through the observers they sent to monitor the naval actions, was forced to realize how woefully obsolete the American Navy was. An extensive modernization program began in the 1880s, the Office of Naval Intelligence was established, and by the end of the 1890s the US Navy whupped a major European power in the Spanish-American War.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I have a new "favorite" war: the War of the Pacific, fought between Chile and Peru/Bolivia from 1879-1883.

The root cause of the war was guano. Yes, bird droppings. The barren coast of Bolivia (it has a 200-mile coastline back then) was the world's #1 source of guano, used for agriculture and explosive saltpeter. Chilean companies mined it and, by pre-arranged agreement, provided a tax fee to the Bolivian government. Well, the Bolivian government in 1878 decided to raise the tax by 10 cents a ton; after Chile refused to accept the new price, Bolivia declared war and invoked a defensive alliance with Peru, dragging them into a war they had no interest in. The Chileans responded by sending their naval fleet up against the other fleets. By the time Chile won the war, there were 55,000 soldiers and sailors dead or wounded, and Bolivia no longer had a coastline.

Perhaps the best result of the war is that the US, through the observers they sent to monitor the naval actions, was forced to realize how woefully obsolete the American Navy was. An extensive modernization program began in the 1880s, the Office of Naval Intelligence was established, and by the end of the 1890s the US Navy whupped a major European power in the Spanish-American War.

I hope you're not implying that ONI is a chicken-shit operation.

[Ian]

I hope you're not implying that ONI is a chicken-shit operation.

Never. I work there.

[Brian Peacock]

Battle of the Bands...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I hope you're not implying that ONI is a chicken-shit operation.

Never. I work there.

So, what do you know about the (almost) Naval Battle of Hawaii? :twisted:

[Brian Peacock]

I hope you're not implying that ONI is a chicken-shit operation.

Never. I work there.

So, what do you know about the (almost) Naval Battle of Hawaii? :twisted:

Leave it Gawd, he aint worth a night in the stockade.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Leave it Gawd, he aint worth a night in the stockade.

That's "brig", land-lubber.

[Brian Peacock]

Leave it Gawd, he aint worth a night in the stockade.

That's "brig", land-lubber.

Bugger!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Leave it Gawd, he aint worth a night in the stockade.

That's "brig", land-lubber.

Bugger!

Don't worry, its tech-babble of the ancient kind.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Wars, and rumors of wars.

[leo-rcc]

UK Series 5.

[Pappa]

UK Series 5.

Razer.

[Deep Sea Isopod]

The Cold War. No one died.