• the_abecedarian@piefed.social
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    7 days ago

    It can be hard to start over in a new place when you don’t speak the language or have any ties. You might be killed by locals if they think you’re a spy. If your army caught you, they would have you killed.

    • Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldOP
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      6 days ago

      Lets say WW2 and we free France what prevents me from saying fuck this I am staying in France where they at least used to love Americans?

  • cerement@slrpnk.net
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    7 days ago

    there is the urban legend of Lichtenstein sending 80 soldiers to war and 81 soldiers returned

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    Depends on the time period, the war, and how culturally related the locale is. Retribution by their former employers, and hostility from the locals, were generally major concerns.

  • thatradomguy@lemmy.world
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    Didn’t the news have a story not that long ago about that one US solider who went into North Korea? I swear didn’t happen that long ago. I think they kicked him out anyway, but I wonder what he’s doing now.