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25,000 Slaughtered In The Name Of Religion

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Canary42 | 20:16 Fri 20th Nov 2015 | History
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Just came across the Siege of Madgeburg in a question on TV's Mastermind. 25,000 slaughtered by Catholic Troops.

Things don't change do they ?

http://www.filbrun.com/history/magdeburg.htm

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Count Tilly, a Bavarian, commanded the army of the Catholic League during the first half of The Thirty Years War. On May 20, 1631, he and Count Pappenheim stormed Magdeburg, a prominent city in north central Germany that dated back to at least the 9th century. The Protestant city was weakened by being under siege from imperial forces of the Holy Roman Empire since the previous year.

Tilly’s army was so enraged at the lengthy resistance provided by the Magdeburgers that they put the garrisons of the city to the sword. They then sacked Magdeburg and massacred the population. Twenty-five thousand people (85% of the population!) perished.
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You dont need religion to slaughter large bumbers of civilians When Curtis LeMay was flattening Tokyo in 1945 he didnt refer to God did he ? ( 200k dead and 20 sq miles of T smouldering ruins ) nor I would have thought on the first day of the Somme ( 50k dead )
22:52 Fri 20th Nov 2015
jno is partially right. James II was tolerated as long as his heirs were two protestant daughters. It was only when he suddenly produced a son that the stuff hit the fan.

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