Originally Posted by
Sue Vêtements
I guess you never watched The Dirty Dozen
I've certainly enjoyed it, except for the slaughter at the end. Please note first that it's a movie; secondly, all the prisoners were condemned to death by hanging, thirdly, only one prisoner survived. It is true that conscripts and prisoners could be used as either cannon fodder or to do unimportant jobs, like stacking stuff or digging trenches; they certainly will not be soldiers. Conscripting civilians against their will (possibly an oxymoron) certainly will not generate good will from either the conscripts, their friends, or their families.