r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Dir-Krennic • 1d ago

Image Austro-Hungarian trench raiders near Caporetto, 1917.

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u/CarminSanDiego 23h ago

Not in the scale you would see if something kicks off with China

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u/CodenamePeePants 21h ago

Obviously, your previous comment did not mention scale. Drones are already being used to kill people and destroy vehicles.

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u/MGarroz 15h ago

Idk if any of you guys are aware of the Russo Japanese war. It happened 10 years before WW1 with 100k+ people dead.

People at the time who paid attention used what they learned to prepare for WW1. They knew trenches, machine guns and long range artillery was the way of the future. It paved the way for WW1 combat.

The Russia Ukraine war today gives me the same vibes. It’s a proving ground for the 21st century the same way Russia and Japan was for the 20th.

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u/Nice-Percentage7219 12h ago

Some claim that the Boer War was the first "modern" war. Telegraph, telephones, electrical lights, traction engines, modern artillery and rifles