still they ravaged tiongkok which was next door and massive
conquered russia
eastern europe
devastated central asia middle east until it was stopped by egyptians
conquered iran anatolia
but failed to do the same in south asia
sth doesn't seem right
it also seems incongruent with historical facts to believe that yankees are the most powerful military in world history
like some idiots would say or believe
to attain this title, first they need to fulfil a few criteria
1. conquer and subjugate tiongkok and russkies simultaneously
i haven't yet seen yankees try doing that
all talk, little substance
2. able to defeat and subjugate a country at least 10x as populous
again yankees went missing badly
can't say the same for mongols
what's worse
yankees enjoy massive tech advantage over primitive and teeny tiny 3rd world countries
mongols devastated large chunks of the world prior to the industrial revolution so the playing field was as even as it could ever get.
if any military objectively deserve that title, i'd (reluctantly) have to give it to the mongols without a doubt
no others could match it in history so far.
no others could come anywhere close
brits enjoyed industrial revolution advantage, then conquered a bunch of turd world pisspoor states
in fact despite all the anglo yankee jewish hype, the poms were never in history a dominant power in europe. ever.
shocking huh?
their rivals frog eaters were dominant power in europe longer than germans+poms combined (which is basically german dominance in europe since poms were never dominant in europe, their peers).
before industrial revolution, britain was mostly irrelevant
for thousands of years
and also easily conquered by the romans
nothing special in any aspect - intellect industry military science tech wealth or anything else
yanks are nothing either.
invading or attacking defenceless civilians after sanctioning embargoing them on concocted stories doesn't make a military powerful
it might make it a cowardly and opportunistic one at best
but most powerful in history?
to attain this title, first they need to fulfil a few criteria
1. conquer and subjugate tiongkok and russkies simultaneously
i haven't yet seen yankees try doing that
all talk, little substance
2. able to defeat and subjugate a country at least 10x as populous
again yankees went missing badly
can't say the same for mongols
the correct perspective would relegate overhyped yankee pommie military to third world tiny country invader using century+ tech lead...
in other words "minnow basher"
at least 15 tiers below mongols, who I would reluctantly, declare the most devastating and most powerful single military in history of humanity (inhumanity, if you think that way) so far.
too many other military powers worth mentioning in between
n.b. loser iranians were easily conquered and ruled for about 100 years by mongols as well as greeks arabs and also ruled directly/indirectly by brits/soviets/yankees.
not sure what has changed going by the humiliation that was jcpOA signed by them proving what a weakling of a nation they were.
paki PM's slanted slitty eyes are proof of the "massive" Mongol contribution (heinous as it may have been) to the Pathan/Pashtun genepool. On top of that, there is of course the hazara.
devastating impact indeed considering the playing field was as even as it can get - pre industrial revolution era.
ironically mongols could never conquer south asia
