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Polymarchos t1_itv77ga wrote

Reply to comment by scurvydog-uldum in TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_

The war was so bad that it was literally the reason some countries started pushing for a body of laws (culminating in the Geneva Conventions) to regulate warfare.

Also what people fail to realize is this view is not at all prevalent outside of Western and Central Europe and North America.

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