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Retric11/20/20242 repliesview on HN

Thus the joke…

It’s a play on words, and the involuntary nature of service in the German military at the time.


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1-more11/20/2024

German Army had 1.3 million conscripts and 2.4 million volunteers in the period 1935-1939 so odds are he signed up to be there.

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hermitcrab11/20/2024

For some value of 'joke'.

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