Technically called the european theatre but more like the european-north african-middleeastern theater.
The soldier at the focal point in this picture looks like a child, no older than 15.
If you zoom in they all look so young. They are all basically kids. And in a couple hours a good chunk of them will have been killed/disabled for life and/or done the same to another human.
True, but that guy in particular looks ridiculously young. If I was just seeing his face I’d assume he was 11 or 12.
Yeah I listened and started studying the faces. I dont like what I saw. I’m pretty sure I’m older than many of the dudes in this picture (at the time it was taken) and I’m not that old.
War is a terrible thing. Entire generations of teens and men are lost. It’s why Putin’s war is unbelievably wasteful. There was no reason to fight, he just did it to keep unrest down. People like him are monsters.
He’s a corporal, so he’s been in the Army a few years. He’s probably 22 years old, unless he was an Eagle Scout before joining, then he might be 19, since Eagle Scouts get an automatic PFC rank after basic. So he’s somewhere between 19-22, he just has a baby face. The average age of US soldiers in WWII was 26 years old, but skewed younger as the war dragged on. These men would have been between 17 years old (with parental consent) and their late 20’s.
I’d say I’m relieved but not really. Thank you for the information nonetheless. That is definitely a baby face if I ever seen one but the man has a soldier’s record.
And the Americans paid dearly for what the French saw as reprisals for the (British) sinking of the French fleet at Mers
Sweet sweet boys
