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In which war did the most British soldiers die - if counted as a percentage?

In the English Civil War (or "War of the Three Kingdoms", as historians now call it).

In seven years, from 1642 to 1649, every tenth inhabitant of England died - a staggering figure: as a percentage of the total population, this is three times more than in the First, and five times more than in the Second World War.

Various estimates put the total number of people living in the United Kingdom at that time at five million, two of whom were men of military age. 85 thousand of them died on the battlefield, another 100 thousand died from wounds and diseases. The Civil War was the largest mobilization in the history of England: a quarter of those who were able to bear arms donned military uniform.

In Ireland, the situation turned out to be even worse, as the war escalated into a struggle for independence that was doomed to failure. Some believe that by the end of Cromwell's expedition in 1653, at least half the population of Ireland had laid down their lives.

A 2004 BBC poll found that 90% of Britons could not name a single civil war battle; 80% do not know which English king was executed by Parliament in 1649; and 67% of students have never heard of Oliver Cromwell.

Author: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson

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In China, "snakes" have always been an important part of many holidays. On the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese calendar, the "High Flying Festival" is celebrated nationwide. The sky has a colorful view, completely dotted with snakes of various shapes and sizes. Some of them are shaped like fish, frogs, birds. This is not only a children's holiday: quite adult people unite in games. There are even "kite battles" in which kites with pieces of glass attached to them are used to cut the strings of other kites!

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Before the invention of the airplane, kites were also used for military purposes, when balloons made forced landings due to strong winds. For example, one of these kites reached a length of 11 meters and lifted a person into the air by 30 meters.

Although most kites are of the familiar triangular shape, the most powerful kites are box-shaped, completely closed at the top and bottom and partly at the sides. To build a kite in the form of a butterfly, a ship or a bird, one simply takes a greater number of sticks than in ordinary kites and pulls on the threads to obtain the desired shape.

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