Thread 18115942

I feel like these four wars, more than any other wars, are the most significant wars of the second half of the 21st century.
By significant, I am referring to the scale of their direct effect on the world at large.

I'd be interested to hear if anyone thinks there are any wars more significant than these four.

>>18115942 (OP)
>second half of the 21st century

>>18116176
20th, whatever.

>>18115942 (OP)
I think the Korean war is more significant than Vietnam or the Gulf War since it led to a division that has lasted to this and has created 2 polar opposites.

>>18115942 (OP)
WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO

>>18115942 (OP)
My guess is:
1. Korean War: set up the PRC as a legit regional player, first big test and failure of the UN, defined how cold war proxy wars are fought.
2. First Indochina War: started decolonization and the third world ideology, had massive impact on French and US politics later.
3. Yom Kippur War: it was more impactful than the 6-days war because of the subsequent oil embargo and all of its reprecussions.
4. Iraq-Iran War: stabilized the IRI, set up the modern Sunni-Shia division, crated another oil crisis that had serious consequences, possibly lead to Reagan's presidency.

>>18117133
I'd ditch the First Indochina war for something else but that's accurate

>>18117141
Maybe the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. It was a small conflict but it set up the current standoff and US defense of Taiwan (technically the 1st crisis lead to the US pledge of defending Taiwan but the second was the first serious test of it).

Taiwan probably ended up being super important in the cold war due to the whole ocean topography island chain thing. The cold war could have gone very different if Soviet submarines could access the deep ocean undetected.

>>18117192
We are going back.

>>18115942 (OP)
I would say the Communist insurgency in Greece too because that's where Americans got the playbook they thought could defeat communism but they tried that same trick in other countries and failed every time.

>>18116676
That division was there before the Korean War, though.

>>18117250
>last ice age
never happened

>>18118336
Explain weather conditions called little ice age?

>>18120070
its composite, there were no single big ice age, just polar cap moving around, plus most of what are used to identify ice range are actually markings of giant flood caused by external(not earthly) factors
the other thing is that for ice to grow you need both to be hot(for water vapour) and cold(for snow to accumulate) otherwise you just get cold desert and wasteland, not growing ice caps