This added much-needed nuanced themes of distrusting the military and of questioning orders.
In the manga and the 2003 series, the Ishvalan Civil War and its brutality were highlighted. One of the biggest and most noticeable differences between Ishvalans in FMA and FMAB is how much they have suffered. With the overwhelming power of the state alchemists, the Ishvalans were slaughtered and forced into refuge across the country. The war reached its climax with King Bradley’s issuance of Order 3066 which drafted all state alchemists to the front lines of the war. Thanks in part to the familiar terrain, supply of weapons from neighboring countries, and guerilla tactics the Ishvalans managed to fight the Amestrian soldiers to what seemed like a stalemate. The Ishvalans retaliated, and it was not long before the war broke out. In Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, the Civil War started when Envy (disguised as an Amestrian soldier) shot and killed a child. In the 2003 anime, the homunculi’s goal was to create enough despair that someone would feel compelled to create and use a Philosopher’s Stone. The homunculi’s goal in starting the Civil War in Brotherhood is different than in the original.
The Ishvalans began to riot and King Bradley used Eastern Soldiers to forcefully suppress them and raise tensions. In Fullmetal Alchemist, the Ishvalan Civil War was started when an elite team of Amestrian soldiers raided an Ishvalan temple and slaughtered the monks inside.
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