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the fact they had around a 50% survival rate and the air crews kept complaining about how the higher ups dont care if they all die was so
especially when if you pause the screen theres a newspaper clipping that basically says soviet hordes throw themselves at germans
What did Parenti say about war costs? I’m only familiar with his anti imperialism stuff.
I’ll need to rearch to find the clipping, that sounds like a nice ironic moment to screen cap
THEIR suicidal attacks, OUR brave self sacrificial heroes
Gotcha, didn’t realize he originated that as well.
In a sense, war is all about acceptable losses to achieve the objective. You can rarely at most take/destroy a contested objective without losses, it’s about managing the losses so it’s a net gain on the larger board. People are going to die, just minimize it when able (if it’s worth it).
The raid in (episode 3/4 I think) where they decide to not call off the bombing run after the fog prevents the escort is a good example of this. They got sacrificed. It was the right call if it led to the ball bearing factory being destroyed.
The propaganda comes into play where “we couldn’t have known/they bravely knew and chose to fly/ect” vs uncaring command/cruel calculus/ ect
War doesn’t care about language, that’s how they are won.