Traveling back from a state visit to the Kingdom on the other side of the portal, Twilight noticed something over there and wanted so ask a were questions. The answers will make her soon realise the meaning behind "ignorance is bliss".
A short story part of the Midnight Sorrow universe. I had planned of getting this done for Remembrance Sunday, but procrastination and work got in the way. I decided to finish this to be published for today- Armistice day. When the guns of the First World War stopped firing in 1918.
Of course, that was not the end. Official peace started at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, though to quote a French delegate "This is not a peace treaty, it is a ceasefire for twenty years". He was three days off.
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Not bad...
6627926 Not the best in the world I know... rather rusty and it was done rather last minute.
Nice sentiment and storytelling. It needs a little editing/proofing, but the story shines through.
6630993 Thankyou
it was a tad rushed.
You can't convey the death of 17 million, and 20 years later, 100 million, so I don't blame you.
6932767 60 million actually
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First World War
~9.9 million dead
~7.7 million missing, presumed dead
~21.2 million wounded
38.9 Million Casualties total (KIA, MIA, WIA)
Second World War
~24 million military deaths confirmed
TOTAL Military Deaths: aprox 33.9 million
Of course, BOTH wars have a large number of civilian casualties (especially the Second World War) that are not listed here.
With all due respect, for all Twilight knows at this point we might have done it eight times.
Or more.
Otherwise, what you've done is an effective way to address the interfacing between a strictly cannon Equestria (no violent death) and our world (violent death is literally what defines us). Cheers!