>WW II was probably the last conflict where all sides basically removed the gloves and fought with everything they had where everything on both sides included s

>WW II was probably the last conflict where all sides basically removed the gloves and fought with everything they had where everything on both sides included some very scary options. I think that would actually be the Iran-Iraq War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War Tank combat, air combat involving a wide range of aircraft, bombing raids, ballistic missile strikes, naval combat, trench warfare and chemical weapon use all took place during the war from 1980 to 1988.