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The Something Awful Forums > Main > General Bullshit > WW2 thread

corn haver: Mar 28, 2020

twistedmentat posted:

It's pretty telling that as soon as the Brits could vote again, they tossed out the Conservatives. And then brought them back in the 50s

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corn haver: Mar 28, 2020

e: hot take

corn haver fucked around with this message at 01:55 on Jul 24, 2020

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corn haver: Mar 28, 2020

Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:

I'm just saying read "The Good War" there was very much this idea that if you served frontline you were a sucker. A lot of people tried to escape the worst of the draft in ways that would get them into a good spot away from combat, or at least in training for a long time by which the war would hopefully be over. Going into the Army, especially, was the last resort.

Army confidence in recruits was so low in 1943 that they broadly mobilized the ASTP (a collegiate training program like ROTC) to become infantrymen in 44, despite the initial intention for them to become technicians and specialists, or junior officers.

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