Courage

>>31824081
Most people suffer more coming back home than they do while under fire, PTSD is not a new thing.

No modern soldier (in the develped world at least) has gone though the prolonged nightmare of intense battle facing high odds of being killed or maimed. In fact when was the last time we fought an enemy over whom we did not hold every conceivable military advantage? We're not used to seeing our planes shot down, our ships sunk and soldiers slaughtered in droves any more. The psychological shock would be enormous.

>>31824235
True and good points, but their people weren't used to it either. The first world war was entirely new in it's ferocity and destruction.

>>31824315

This, and honestly it might make it easier knowing that you and most of your whole team are either going to make it or all going to die at once to an equal or greater enemy. No position is safe, a pilot is as likely to die as anyone else and it's a joint effort to get the enemy killed before they kill more of you with no holding back.

That istead of losing 1 guy at a time after he had his leg blown off or a pot shot drilled him in the head and being frustrated that not everything is being done to kill the enemy on a level you know your country is capable of and dragging on the war.

We're a bunch of crybaby wimps these days.