I learned to my surprise in WWI the officers had some of the highest casualty rates. I struggled a bit to find the reference just now, but here is something along those lines:
No, only the ones who bought the whole noble duty BS did. The folks actually in power were never put at risk outside of the war lords in various hell holes created by lack of governance.
I learned to my surprise in WWI the officers had some of the highest casualty rates. I struggled a bit to find the reference just now, but here is something along those lines:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/06/first-world-war-roll-call-senior-officers-killed-ranks
I don’t know about now, but at least at one point in the British imperial past the upper classes shed blood with the poors.
Yeah, I guarantee 500% that this is one of the many things that were different over a century ago than they are now.
No, only the ones who bought the whole noble duty BS did. The folks actually in power were never put at risk outside of the war lords in various hell holes created by lack of governance.