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Well for starters the first modern European army with commoner officers was France's when it had to take on all of Europe in 1790. So dating it to WWII is being
by linschn 4y ago
Well for starters the first modern European army with commoner officers was France's when it had to take on all of Europe in 1790. So dating it to WWII is being more than a century late.
- eru 4y agoYes. And nobility was going out of fashion in most of Europe after WWI at the latest. Eg in Austria you weren't allowed any titles at all anymore. Though if you concentrate on Germany, because of the smaller armed forces demanded by the Versailles treaty, you probably did have a higher proportion of noble officers during the Weimar Republic.
- jacquesm 4y agoSome countries, including - regrettably - my own are still solidly stuck in the past on this.