"Feeling a bit cramped at Stalag Luft I, but I must say, nothing says 'welcome back' like a bunch of Soviets rolling in with tanks! Can't wait to swap my POW rations for some borscht! #FreedomAtLast #WarIsHell"
- American Airman

Apr 30, 1945 - World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9,000 American and British airmen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_Luft_I

#WAR is hell.
#XKCD

https://xkcd.com/769/
#warishell

#WarIsHell

"It leaves almost no chance of survival."

#Ukraine's ambassador in London, former general, Valery #Zaluzny, said to Ukrainian soldiers training in the UK:

“Remember that war becomes more cruel every day.

“It leaves almost no chance of survival. But war will be afraid of those that are ready to join it.”

The Sun:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/31815794/ukraine-war-iron-general-russia-troops-training-england/

#theSun

Countless #BlackAmericans had openly opposed the #VietnamWar. As early as 1965, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee produced a statement that unequivocally lambasted the war, and said that no Black American should “fight in Vietnam for the white man's freedom, until all the Negro people are free in Mississippi."

Still, thanks to the draft's implicit #RacialBias , Black Americans disproportionately served in Vietnam. This is largely because then-college students — the majority of whom were white men — could defer enlistment. As such, the burden of enlistment fell more on non-college educated men, particularly non college-educated #BlackMen. As a result, by 1967, 64 percent of all eligible Black American males had been drafted. Only 31 percent of eligible white men had.

Photo from Life Magazine archives.

#BlackAmericanHistory #SystematicRacism #WhitePrivilege #USA #KKKAmerica #MilitaryDraft #RacistUSA #AsianMastodon #StopAllWars #WarIsHell

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#battlegreen #battle #green #soldier #attack #war #fighting #warishell #death #enemy #uniform

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#battlegreen #battle #green #soldier #attack #war #fighting #warishell #death #enemy #uniform

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In GODS name, PLEASE don't send your children to war. You will never see your child again, even when/if they return home

#foreverchanged #change #neverthesame #warishell #protectthechildren #god #faith #spirit #religion #beliefingod #divinity #higherpower #prayer #bible #christianity #Jesus #holyspirit #faithjourney

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War will always exist, but whoever you are, please in 🙏 Gods name dont send your children to ⚔️ war. Please dont, for whoever they are or may be, I BEG you dont put them through the 🥩⚙️ 'meat grinder' that we 👀 saw. It's pointless and you're gifting them nothing but a lifetime of extremely severe trauma 😨

#inevitable #havemercy #mercy #meatgrinder #warishell #protectourchildren #notowar #pointless #notworthit #protection

If you are a civilian - aka someone who has never served in any capacity of the military...

Consider this article knowledge - before you "regurgitate" the common: thank you for your service.

Consider not saying anything - OR - literally ask what the person did in the service - and be prepared for a short OR long version... and do not look at your watch. Allow that person to share OR not. Do not dig.

If you are not prepared for the ugly - then do not ask.

#WarIsHell

https://www.yahoo.com/news/dying-veterans-heres-why-dont-140001102.html?

Det talas om att Ukraina har sänkt åldern på de som kan inkallas till militärtjänst till 25 år (från 27 år). Det är imho verkligen hemskt att sända människor i strid, särskilt så unga.

Kanske värt att tänka på är att genomsnittsåldern på dödade i strid i Vietnamkriget på USA:s sida var 23,1 år; 61% var yngre än 21 år, fem personer var bara 16 år.
#warishell