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It's also much deadlier for the winners to not let the opposing side retreat/surrender, if people feel trapped they'll fight to the death.
by Wohlf 4y ago
It's also much deadlier for the winners to not let the opposing side retreat/surrender, if people feel trapped they'll fight to the death.
- towaway15463 4y agoRansom money and family relations or treatment of the hostages the enemy had were probably the big motivators.
- WalterBright 4y agoExactly. I suspect that WW2 went on for an extra year because the Allies announced they wanted "unconditional surrender", which meant death for the leaders. The Germans had a saying, "enjoy the war because the peace will be hell".
- RalfWausE 4y agoAlso a german saying: "Der Soldat der beizeiten flieht, der kämpft auch noch im nächsten Krieg"... if you flee in time you can be able to fight in the next conflict.
- renewiltord 4y agoAn old saying from early in the first Millennium at least, through Menander apparently, but common in many cultures.
- kevinventullo 4y agoFWIW, the length of time between D-Day and the German surrender was less than a year.
- WalterBright 4y agoThe Germans knew long before D-Day that they were going to lose.