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Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips
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Originally Posted by Knipper
"War - what is it good for? absolutely nothing."
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Apart from bringing countrymen together and remembering and thanking those who fought and died for their country 
RIP, Herr Kaestner |
You can fight and die for your contry - and still be on the wrong side. Wehrmacht soldiers also fought for their country, and most of them were no Nazis. Just imagine they would have not obeyed but stood up against Hitler. A single man's effort probably would have seen him getting courtmartialed, like Stauffenberg. On the other hand - what if these single men - would have been seen in numbers that made them the majority? The fall of an evil regime.
What if the majority of GIs in the 60s and 70s would have rebelled against the political leadership sending them to Vietnam? The sudden end of an unneeded and useless war.
You can find according examples for the military history of EVERY major nation.