World War One was the most brutal war

*Quotes from pro are italicized and underlined*First of all, I would like to note that Pro mentioned 37.5 million people died and 57.5% of soldiers died. This is inaccurate.In Pro's source (http://www.pbs.org...) it says that the total casualties were 37.5 million and 57.5% of soldiers. Casualties are not equal to deaths as my opponent interprets. Casualties = Death + Prisoner + Wounded + Missing. The actual grand total of the number of deaths is 8.5 million which is only 13% of soldiers who fought in the war, according to Pro's own source. According to estimates it is believed that 1.5 million Greeks, 750,000 Assyrians and 1.5. million Armenians were killed in these ethnic cleanings.Oh the hypocrisy in this statement.Pro stated that he does not want to allow me to do World War 2 because of the holocaust which is a genocide and will gain sympathy vote for me.However, Pro mentions not one not two but three genocides.As such, I humbly demand Pro withdraw this point. Otherwise, I have the right to and I shall argue World War 2 and the brutality of the holocausts in round 3.WWI in many ways was a war of sheer stupidity. It started essentially due to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and from that day on insanity reigned in Europe.I do not see how the stupidity or insanity of the casus belli (reason for war) makes a war any more or less brutal.Now to my own points on why WW1 was not the most brutal war.2nd Sino Japanese war (which is too underrated in terms of its brutality):China was invaded by Japan in 1937. Actually no, Japan occupied Manchuria (North-east China) in 1931 and Jehol Province (also north east, but closer to Beijing) in 1933, so it could be argued Japan and China were enemies from 1931 (I mean come on, China did not just give up Manchuria which is a big landmass)[1]. The Japanese fought against china till 1945. Therefore, it is fair to say that Japanese was at war against China for 14 years, which is 3.5 times longer than World war 1 which was only 4 years.According to Pro, the defenition of brutality includes unrelenting. The 2nd Sino Japanese war lasted 3.5 times longer than world war one, which means that the combatants of the war were 3.5 times more unrelenting which by Pro's defenition means that the 2nd Sino Japanese war was 3.5 times more brutal than the First World War.Even if it can be argued that the war started only in 1937, it still makes the 2nd Sino Japanese war twice as long, unrelenting and hence twice as brutal as the First World War."Japan’s all-out invasion and Chinese resistance would be second only to the clash between Germany and the Soviet Union in terms of destruction and the number of dead."[2] Well, it seems 2nd Sino Japanese war was not the deadliest after all. The German invasion of the USSR was the deadliest. But certainly not the first world war. To put it in numbers, the 2nd Sino Japanese war saw the deaths of 10 million people at its lowest estimate[3]. Even this lowest estimate is 2 million higher than the First world war, which I established above has 8 million deaths. ..the Western front[of World War 1] where a large majority of the fighting took place did not move for essentially four years of fighting.This does not help Pro's case at all. If anything, it hurts his case. The western front that Pro was talking about is in the link below. The front lines are drawn and there was little to no movement in those front lines as Pro rightfully pointed out.http://lewisgillett.weebly.com...Though there was some movement during the war, the front lines remained essentially the same. Major cities such as Paris or London or even Berlin and Vienna were essentially untouched (Bombers were terrible in World War one, so yeah...no bombing raids to be mentioned), this leads to the logical conclusion that not many civilians were directly impacted in the war. Though there was indirect impact such as families losing husbands, sons, brothers etc.. it is not as brutal as direct impact (obviously). The only civilians to be directly impacted were those living in belgium (with a population of 7.69 million in 1914[4] which became 7.59 million in 1918[4]) and in Russia (cannot find a number for population living under occupation to be honest).China however, suffered far more of its civilians living under the brutal occupation of Japan. With major cities such as Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai occupied by Japan. Not to mention that much of the east coast was occupied which contains a huge % China's population of 511 million[5] which was the highest in the world.Oh, I say that Japan's occupation was brutal because they treated the people brutally. Yes, I speak of the Rape of Nanking (Nanjing Massacre)Pictures below show a Chinese woman getting raped by a Japanese soldier (sorry for the imagery but it is necessary to prove that I am not fabricating anything) and mass murder of civilians.[6] "...life for the Chinese in Nanking became a nightmare. Bands of drunken Japanese soldiers roamed the city, murdering, raping, looting, and burning at whim. Chinese civilians who were stopped on the street, and found to possess nothing of value, were immediately killed. At least twenty thousand Chinese women were raped in Nanking during the first four weeks of the Japanese occupation, and many were mutilated and killed when the Japanese troops were finished with them."[6]If this is not brutal, I do not know what is. And this is certainly more brutal than being killed by a machine gun whilst cavalry charging. Also note, that thousands of Chinese troops who surrendered were brutally executed. Such brutality even towards those who did not want to fight. This is certainly a very brutal war indeed. I seriously doubt that World War one is as brutal as the 2nd Sino Japanese war.Note: I don't feel the need to talk about the Taiping rebellion in this round. I will bring it up next round if I need toAnyway, to summarize:- I argue that the Sino Japanese War is more brutal than world war one because of the unrelenting (hence brutal according to Pro) occupation of China. With the war lasting from 8-14 years, depending on your prespective.- The number of people living under Japanese occupation (and duration of the occupation) was far far higher than those under foreign occupation in World War one.- 10 million people died in the 2nd Sino Japanese War compared to the 8 million in World War one .Sources[1] http://www.nanking-massacre.com...;[2] http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com...;[3] https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org...[4] http://en.wikipedia.org...[5] http://www.populstat.info...[6]http://www.nanking-massacre.com...