07-29-2009, 08:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-29-2009, 08:55 PM by Swiss Mercenary.)
I think the bigger differences between the Iraq war, and WWII, are the training and their targets.
Post-WWII interviews indicated that most soldiers deliberately did not shoot to kill, whereas today, improved conditioning reduced the number of those people from ~70% to 10%. The targets have also changed - before, they were mostly shooting uniformed Nazis, rather then plain-clothed insurgents.
Post-WWII interviews indicated that most soldiers deliberately did not shoot to kill, whereas today, improved conditioning reduced the number of those people from ~70% to 10%. The targets have also changed - before, they were mostly shooting uniformed Nazis, rather then plain-clothed insurgents.