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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
Young conscripts (late teens-early twenties) are given orders shortly after midnight at their barracks via senior level of command to drive their vehicles (tanks included) to various locations and await orders.
One of said tanks is positioned on a certain bridge as crowds gather and eventually climb onto the turret.
The 20 year-old conscript (possibly tank commander) is pushed and jostled whilst sitting atop of the turret and asked what he is doing there. He responds saying he has no idea, is simply following orders and awaiting further instructions.
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Reminds me of the conscripts of the JNA in 1991, when some had no idea what's going on. Some had no idea, others were told anything from exercise maneouvers to an Italian invasion.
A lot of POW were simply captured when a TO unit aproached a JNA unit and disarmed them because the JNA though that the TO's were comming to reinforce them, not fight them.
Of course, the TO's took extremly good care of the POWs to the point that the conscripts surrendered just because they heard how well they would be treated. We arent sickos like Erdognojs people
JNA means Jugoslav national army and TO were the police and troops of the Teritorial defence who fought on Slovenes side.