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		1-more on Nov 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has... German Army had 1.3 million conscripts and 2.4 million volunteers in the period 1935-1939 so odds are he signed up to be there.

Retric on Nov 20, 2024 [–]

Those numbers aren’t independent of each other. People about to be drafted will often volunteer to be in a military as a volunteer rather than a draftee, to get the waiting over with, etc.

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