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re: Which War Would Result In The Most Severe PTSD For Soldiers?
Posted on 5/3/17 at 10:47 pm to Crusty Juggler
Posted on 5/3/17 at 10:47 pm to Crusty Juggler
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WWI though, no one had any clue what they were fighting for. Sure they knew their countries had alliances and beef with some other countries, but there was nothing clearly formed here. It was as murky as us fighting communism and Charlie in Vietnam
I'm going to have to disagree with you on this. Each side saw wild support for their cause, especially early in the war. Recruiting stations across Europe were swamped with men rallying to the flag of their respective countries.
Russians were fighting to help their fellow Slavs in the Balkans.
Serbian troops fought for their nation's survival.
French troops were fighting to save France and avenge 1871.
Austrian troops fought to avenge their fallen heir and punish those damn Slavs.
German troops fought for the honor of their Fatherland.
Ottomans fought to save their dying Caliphate from the encroaching British.
British soldiers fought for tiny Belgium.
And American troops later fought to make the world safe for democracy and avenge the Lusitania.
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Posted on 5/3/17 at 10:57 pm to Darth_Vader
Those points can all be boiled down to one thing: national identity. It's the same as Nam. National identity is the most bullshite way to get people into a war.
WWII was much more than that. It was total reformation of the world as a whole and ideas spreading and eliminating the other train of thought that was present. It was a war of ideas, not nationality. It was to wipe out fascism, communism, democracy, and any group seen as genetically inferior or harmful.
They were all very concrete on specific reasons they were going to war in WWII. WWI was all bullshite and all the troops realized it in the end. This realization WWI was total bullshite led to WWII. WWI is still difficult to understand why it happened, as is Vietnam, but even the dumbest of people can grasp the reasons behind WWII.
WWII was much more than that. It was total reformation of the world as a whole and ideas spreading and eliminating the other train of thought that was present. It was a war of ideas, not nationality. It was to wipe out fascism, communism, democracy, and any group seen as genetically inferior or harmful.
They were all very concrete on specific reasons they were going to war in WWII. WWI was all bullshite and all the troops realized it in the end. This realization WWI was total bullshite led to WWII. WWI is still difficult to understand why it happened, as is Vietnam, but even the dumbest of people can grasp the reasons behind WWII.
Posted on 5/3/17 at 11:07 pm to Darth_Vader
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American troops later fought to make the world safe for democracy and avenge the Lusitania.
Idk about the Lusitania. We had a vested interest in GB and France winning the war because we were backing them financially. If they lose the war, how would they ever pay their massive debt to us? Also, I thought the Zimmerman Telegram had a bigger effect on us joining than the Lusitania? I mean, it's not like we didn't have other ships being sunk by Germany during the war.
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