There is no number of foreigners that is unacceptable to sacrifice for a middle class livelihood. Anti-cop because they can imagine a scenario where a cop inconveniences them. These principles don't apply to the Waffen SS because they can't imagine a soldier personally inconveniencing them and, of course, foreigners aren't really humans.
Weren't soldiers conscripts back then in Tsarist Russia? Quite a difference when compared to US volunteers.
...and living in abject poverty, the material conditions between those soldiers that led them to a revolution aren't even close to US soldiers who are doing it for slightly more comfortable middle class lifestyle.
really depends on ethnic background and other factors though.
a good number were volunteers too, usually like 50-100k at any time. like 2/3rds of american forces were conscripted for vietnam, russian regular army was like 4 mill prior to collapse. do the math i guess
though most conscripts would just be sitting in border outposts in the russian empire and not doing anything crazy. became a big issue during ww1 and the war with japan
It makes sense then, conscripts tend not to want to die for the empire for little to no gain.
Thanks for the information
should also be considered that a lot of american 'volunteers' arent true volunteers, they join the military because theyre in the middle of nowhere with zero education and want a way out and its a purely economic decision. most dont expect to have to terrorize children. one guy i know just sat in a car near the border playing on a gameboy seeing if there were any cartel drones flying around. said he detected a single one in his entire career
1/3, but I doubt they'll do that again because even with a minority being draftees there was a lot of rebellion.