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In all of wars what prevented a soldier who country was invading another or vice versa just walk off and say screw this. Find a town to settle down in and just start a new life? (lemmy.world)
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[–] rwdf@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

This happens all the time and is called desertion.