Poll: Would you have been willed to fight against Nazi Germany in WW2?

[noname223]

I mean I live in Germany. I don't think it means resistance to me. I rather imagine I was US citizen for example.

To that time there was a different mentality. Now we live in postheroic societies and life is considered more (relatively speaking important).
To that time I would have probably gone to war.

The idea behind this question is: would you sacrifice your own life if you knew the enemy was pure evil. And if you and your fellow people dodge this responsibility Hitler will reign over this world sooner or later. Your fellow citizens and loved ones will experience severe hardship probably.

I have psychosis I think I would not be of much help. But maybe I would do it. I am suicidal. I am scared of PTSD but I gonna die anyway. I go with maybe.

 

[CacklingZombie]

Are you offering up a kamikaze mission on Xi/Putin?

 

[noname223]

Are you offering up a kamikaze mission on Xi/Putin?

I think success would be highly unlikely. I could imagine a drone would have a better chance.

 

[Agon321]

There is no clear answer to this.
It all depends on where you were born and in what family.

I am Polish, so of course my fate during World War II does not look good.
I would most likely fight against the Third Reich and the Soviet Union, but nothing is 100% certain.
For example, there is a chance that I could collaborate, but it all depends on the circumstances and my situation.
I think it is more likely that I would fight against the Germans than that I would not, but I do not think it would depend on me.

 

[Forever Sleep]

Most probably, yes. I'm an unfit short-sighted middle aged woman though so, chances are I'd be sent to the factories to build Spitfires or something. But, I'm British. So, even if I wasn't too keen on the idea, once our cities started being bombed, I'd be angry enough to retaliate. Could I kill a soldier directly? I'm not sure. I'd be more willing to help in the overall effort though. Medical aid. Building stuff. Something like that.

I actually admire pacifists more. My neighbour said he would refuse to fight in a war. I'm afraid I'm not so good at seeing the bigger picture though. I get angry when people I care about are threatened. Even if there might be just cause for the opposition to be threatening them. Sadly, I can understand why we keep killing one another. I don't think I'd be immune to wanting revenge.

I think it would be incredibly brave to oppose Nazi Germany within Nazi Germany. That's the real test. People like Oskar Schindler. I think we'd all like to think we'd do the right thing or even, know what the right thing was but, imagine the risk you'd be putting yourself and your family in. Imagine if they threatened to put you and your family in a concentration camp if you didn't comply. I expect most people would just flee rather than fight.

Besides- that kind of World War, I imagine it's either being conscripted or, jail.

 

[Blackswede]

No, I don't care for dying for my country. I have a family. I'd do it if I was conscripted but I wouldn't willingly volunteer.

 

[FinalVoid25]

I wouldn't fight for anyone, I am too much of a coward for war.

 

[Norseman]

I mean I live in Germany. I don't think it means resistance to me. I rather imagine I was US citizen for example.

To that time there was a different mentality. Now we live in postheroic societies and life is considered more (relatively speaking important).
To that time I would have probably gone to war.

The idea behind this question is: would you sacrifice your own life if you knew the enemy was pure evil. And if you and your fellow people dodge this responsibility Hitler will reign over this world sooner or later. Your fellow citizens and loved ones will experience severe hardship probably.

I have psychosis I think I would not be of much help. But maybe I would do it. I am suicidal. I am scared of PTSD but I gonna die anyway. I go with maybe.

I would volunteer to SS legion.

 

[EternalShore]

I would volunteer to SS legion.

which SS? Are you going to form the SaSu legion or~?

Answering the actual question, I'd rather not fight in a war~ But I'd love to support the war effort tho! ^_^
ofc, since this is fictional hopefully, I'd be a biological girl, happily married, and have many kids~ ^_^ so I wouldn't want to die or have any of them die then anyways! xD

 

[Namelesa]

I would probably been willed to fight in the war cus of me amab. I would definitely intensely suffer so much from it but a good thing is I would probably purposely die during it so hopefully I won't suffer for long and escape this world.

 

[darkshadownice]

Maybe. I've always hated the idea of war. It's always young people killing other young people for older and bitter men.

"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets."
-Voltaire

Although the only reason I say maybe is because it's World War 2, and that war determined whether humanity and the world would be free and had their autonomy over themselves or would be largely controlled by an ultranationalist authoritarian government with pseudo beliefs about race, ethnicity, history, destiny, and fate.
With the way the world is going today with Trump back in the White House, you can practically hear the reverberations of the past coming back to haunt us again. We may have a huge war coming soon, except this time the lines will be far more blurred.

 

[untothedepths]

fuck facists. i would fight. even if all my corpse could do was to provide cover for my comrades, stack us up. fuck facists.

 

[Winterreise]

Nobody knew hitlers intentions in 1940.
Few took Hitlers antisemitic rants seriously.
During occupation radios were banned. Tv stations were seized.
The mass extermination came later as a result of gradual accustomisation to war and violence.
At first Himler talked about mass deportation. The problem of resettlement , soon turned into the final sollution

 

[red24]

"What is democracy? What is democracy?
It got something to do with young men killing each other, Arthur
What if its my turn, will you want me to go?
For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son"

Metallica/One

 

[ShatteredSerenity]

No, I have bipolar disorder so I'd be a danger to myself and my fellow soldiers on the battlefield.

I would be happy to support the war effort at home. I can't work because I'm planning to get on disability, but I could volunteer.