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Legend has it we still don’t know (lemmy.world)
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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think their point was more about fighting than winning, so the reply doesn't quite work.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We've been a nation at war for the entirety of zoomer's lives until just a couple years ago. Who does the OP think is fighting in those wars? It was Gen X & millennials, and then zoomers.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I really don't know. I think their argument relies more on their perception of the generations than fact.

[–] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How many people volunteered for Vietnam compared to WWII?

I think that factors into the equation.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I found this

Fact: 2/3 of the men who served in Vietnam were volunteers. 2/3 of the men who served in World War II were drafted. Approximately 70% of those killed in Vietnam were volunteers.

https://www.uswings.com/about-us-wings/vietnam-war-facts/

Dunno about the validity of the claim though

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dunno about the validity of the claim though

But they put "Fact:" there so you know it's true.

[–] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

No, the reason she used "storming the beaches of Normandy" and not idk, "the beaches of Da Nang", is because Normandy is associated with the beginning of a turn in fortunes of that conflict which ultimately led to Allied victory. Nobody would fucking care about Normandy if the Nazis won.