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I think their point was more about fighting than winning, so the reply doesn't quite work.
We've been a nation at war for the entirety of zoomer's lives until just a couple years ago. Who does the OP think is fighting in those wars? It was Gen X & millennials, and then zoomers.
I really don't know. I think their argument relies more on their perception of the generations than fact.
How many people volunteered for Vietnam compared to WWII?
I think that factors into the equation.
I found this
Fact: 2/3 of the men who served in Vietnam were volunteers. 2/3 of the men who served in World War II were drafted. Approximately 70% of those killed in Vietnam were volunteers.
https://www.uswings.com/about-us-wings/vietnam-war-facts/
Dunno about the validity of the claim though
Dunno about the validity of the claim though
But they put "Fact:" there so you know it's true.
Seems like it could be true
No, the reason she used "storming the beaches of Normandy" and not idk, "the beaches of Da Nang", is because Normandy is associated with the beginning of a turn in fortunes of that conflict which ultimately led to Allied victory. Nobody would fucking care about Normandy if the Nazis won.