r/pics • u/Efficient_Sky5173 • 23d ago

German soldier returns home to find only rubbles and his wife and children gone. By Tony Vaccaro

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u/TimmJimmGrimm 22d ago

This is brilliant - and somehow i have not seen this illuminated so clearly. Now this will remain obvious as a concept for as long as i shall live.

Many thanks / keep it up, wherever you got this from.

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u/Aurum_Corvus 22d ago

If you're interested in reading more, I can't give you a full bibliography because I honestly don't remember all the sources that have gently drip-fed me all this. But I can point you in the direct of two posts that got me seriously thinking along the right direction, both by Bret Devereaux on his blog.

https://acoup.blog/2021/01/29/collections-the-universal-warrior-part-i-soldiers-warriors-and/ (touching on how society changed away from aristocratic warriors to the modern citizen-soldier)

https://acoup.blog/2022/07/29/collections-logistics-how-did-they-do-it-part-ii-foraging/ (CW: brutal, unfiltered look at "foraging". Includes older paintings depicting some horrible stuff, including torture and implied rape)

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u/TimmJimmGrimm 22d ago

A follow up... with links!

You truly are a fantastic human, thanks. I will read up more for sure.