You see the same thing about the German army, something I am working on right now (and which triggered this thought chain).
Like the infatuation with the Germans in WWII is weird. Army officers do remember that they *lost* WWII, quite badly actually.
Like the infatuation with the Germans in WWII is weird. Army officers do remember that they *lost* WWII, quite badly actually.
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Its not about learning from the past, the dangers of operational fetishization or political misinfluence. Its just using a historical example from a trusted, selected, canon to justify whatever bullshit you wanted to say anyway.