Which war was the most civilized to fight in? I'd say the North African campaign in WWII. No real atrocities, Geneva Conventions strictly observed, the combatants generally liked and respected each other.
Lots of anecdotes about it. Eg at the southern edge of the theatre around the Qattara Depression the British and Germans came to an understanding to only fight during the day. Once the sun went down they could relax until morning. A British officer was captured and the Germans offered to return him for a truck full of cigarettes. The British built a dummy airfield as part of an elaborate deception plan and a German plane flew over and dropped a wooden bomb on it.
both sides treated prisoners well and latter they had a peace treaty and were friends
Julian Smith
>The British built a dummy airfield as part of an elaborate deception plan and a German plane flew over and dropped a wooden bomb on it. Any reading about this?
Isaac Jenkins
>The British built a dummy airfield as part of an elaborate deception plan and a German plane flew over and dropped a wooden bomb on it.
I need a sauce on that. If that is true my sides are in orbit
Hunter Green
Navy on Navy conflicts are usually pretty 'friendly'
Caleb Bell
they don't exactly get a chance to desecrate each other...
Jaxson Wright
They could just not pick up survivors
Landon Lewis
It's bullshit. There's a dozen variants of that story, mostly attributed to the British dropping said wooden bomb. It's just one of those made up myths.
Hudson Johnson
>and a German plane flew over and dropped a wooden bomb on it. The warfare equivalent of "no u"
Jaxon Hill
Yeah I could see it being lore. The relationship between Germans and Brits was very civil for the most part however.
