I think it'd blow a lot of people's minds to realize how young a lot of volunteers in WW1 and 2 were, or any war, for that matter. Sure, at the beginning of the war, guys obviously too young to shave will be turned back, but as it drags on, a draft is initiated, and the army gets desperate? They'll take anyone who seems willing and able to point a gun at the enemy. And adolescents are always out to "prove" themselves, it's a kind of law of nature. And war is how an apex species with no predators or diseases gets culled ... and as the thrill kill kultists will tell you, it's the young males that are amongst the "excess" you want to get rid of. Especially the stupid ones. Well, it culls the most aggressive, anyway.

I think it'd blow a lot of people's minds to realize how young a lot of volunteers in WW1 and 2 were, or any war, for that matter. Sure, at the beginning of the war, guys obviously too young to shave will be turned back, but as it drags on, a draft is initiated, and the army gets desperate? They'll take anyone who seems willing and able to point a gun at the enemy. And adolescents are always out to "prove" themselves, it's a kind of law of nature. And war is how an apex species with no predators or diseases gets culled ... and as the thrill kill kultists will tell you, it's the young males that are amongst the "excess" you want to get rid of. Especially the stupid ones.