☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to History@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 9 months agoReport from a US Colonel in 1971 - collapse of discipline in the US military only exceeded by the Tsarist army in 1917. By the end of the war in Vietnam, 30% of officer casualties were fratricide.web.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down11
arrow-up128arrow-down1external-linkReport from a US Colonel in 1971 - collapse of discipline in the US military only exceeded by the Tsarist army in 1917. By the end of the war in Vietnam, 30% of officer casualties were fratricide.web.archive.org☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to History@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-29 months agoYes, but i think by “fratricide” they mean Ukrainian soldiers fragging their officers, MP’s and other soldiers. There were cases of this right from the start of war, and it must be getting more often as morale drops and defeatism rises.
Yes, but i think by “fratricide” they mean Ukrainian soldiers fragging their officers, MP’s and other soldiers. There were cases of this right from the start of war, and it must be getting more often as morale drops and defeatism rises.
Exactly
Yes it was an intended word play