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Anon learns that his grandfather dodged being drafted (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

okay, sure. which country was fighting a World War in 1932 *edit - come on, why did everybody get so quiet

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Where does it say world war? I only see war in my country.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

The comment mentioned world war

Can be pussy and based. And based on the world war death tolls, there's a very high chance OP would never have been born otherwise

[–] Samsonreturns 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think you should consider the build up of armies/navys on the 30s. Also some pretty quick runs into Fascism. Red army was taking tons of people for the meat grinder

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

compulsory military service when you're not in a time of war rarely exceeds 2 years. I haven't looked into it, were people who were drafted in Russia in 1932 still serving in 1939?

[–] Samsonreturns 3 points 5 days ago

***Soviet Union and yeah. Stalin had his 5 year plan(s). So there was a huge labor demand. This is opening a whole other massive topic that is to long to type on mobile. You can't think in a modern conscription sense. The Army was likely the only job around for most, 3 squares and place to live. The great depression wasn't just in the US so you can see how it would be easy to get sucked in. Add in Nationalism and Fascism, bitterness from devastation of WWI. Some saw this as a national duty to rearm and rebuild the army. So they would be looking for young men from every territory for labor/soldiers/sailors. I mean you can look basically any where on earth during the 30s and see that everyone was just getting ready for round 2