Well as all war is political, I hope that is true! .. but my wider point being very few insurgencies, that have ever developed into insurgencies have ever gone away because they realised they lacked popular support. It is an absolute myth the irregular forces, be they insurgents or not, require the support of the population to succeed militarily.
Virtually no one in Sierra Leon supported the RUF, yet they controlled 75% of the country at one time, and thrived whilst doing so.
Yep. Barb wiring prisoners to the glacis plate of your Sherman's can be be mis-understood!Actually Wilf, as I'm sure you know, we didn't do a lot of "capturing" against the 12th SS in June 1944, once dead Canadian PoWs started showing up.
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