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re: Could almost anyone born after 1940 fight in WWI
Posted on 12/5/17 at 6:22 pm to OMLandshark
Posted on 12/5/17 at 6:22 pm to OMLandshark
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If you put almost anyone with a mid-20th Century mindset and beyond into those trenches, soldiers on all sides would rebel against their superior officers. I'm not even sure if the so-called Greatest Generation would do it.
This is where you're flawed.
In the early 1900s people weren't receiving news as well as the mid 20th century mindset they you speak of.
Couple that with the men who fought in WWI growing up and hearing stories of the valiant effort their parents, uncle's and grand parents put into a war...it all makes sense why people chose to volunteer in WWI.
You can say the same about those who went to WW2..
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Posted on 12/5/17 at 6:27 pm to ThatMakesSense
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Couple that with the men who fought in WWI growing up and hearing stories of the valiant effort their parents, uncle's and grand parents put into a war...it all makes sense why people chose to volunteer in WWI.
But by 1916 the soldiers figured this out for themselves. These people are seeing lifelong friends get annihilated in front of them by the hundreds. This wasn't what they were promised in their youth. I do think their sense of honor was the only thing that held it together. Not many Baby Boomers and their descendants think this.
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