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"Goebbels had thus demanded all German soldiers, having stayed in Paris for six months, be transferred to the Eastern Front to negate any “adverse” effects of billeting in the French capital."

Corrupted by the enemy, always a problem with occupying forces.

The American version of this is "Your Job in Germany".[1] This was made for US occupation troops in Germany. Directed by Frank Capra and written by Theodor Geisel ("Dr. Seuss"), an unexpected collaboration that seems to work. The message: "You are in an enemy country. Take no chances. No fraternization with any of the German people."

It's become harder to view this video. The YouTube version, uploaded directly by the US National Archives [2], is now "age restricted". Of the Internet Archive versions, only the Ogg Vorbis version is still playable.

See it now, before the Thought Police delete all the copies as "hate speech".

Understanding what went wrong after WWI is helpful in understanding what went wrong in Afghanistan. It's not directly comparable, but it's important to know that the US had, in the past, changed minds and societies by military force, successfully.

[1] https://archive.org/download/YourJobInGermany1945/YourJobInG...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=821R0lGUL6A

I agree that this video is very important to archive and make available to view. I don't disagree with Youtube's decision on age restriction. I watched the video, and there are several scenes showing dead bodies. I think making that available, but age restricted, is a fair compromise.

YouTube age restricted videos are pretty much made impossible to view without revealing to YouTube your identity (they ask for a credit card transaction or a copy of your id) if you have a European account.

"The minimum age for enlisting in the UK armed forces is 16"

"You can start your application when you're 15 years and 7 months"

If you can go to war, you should be able to watch war videos on YouTube.

I always wondered how come in the US you cannot watch porn before 18, or drink before 21, but you can go to war at 16.

I am not sure if this is still correct, but you could play in a porn movie but not be allowed to watch it either.

>I am not sure if this is still correct, but you could play in a porn movie but not be allowed to watch it either.

Likely not, in 2021. I believe in most states in the US, it's considered CSAM if the subject is under 18 and the material is sexual in nature.

Downloading the mp4 version of the archive worked fine for me. And I‘m in Germany :-)

> having stayed in Paris for six months, be transferred to the Eastern Front to negate any “adverse” effects

China allowing it's students 3 or 4 years! overseas unmanaged to study is insane by comparison. No idea what they are thinking.

American warning for students - https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/newss-dont-be-a-pawn-a-...

> China allowing it's students 3 or 4 years! overseas unmanaged to study is insane by comparison. No idea what they are thinking.

That's because they have people on campus making sure to apply pressure even away from the mainland! [0] Or because studying is only an excuse to get a long term visa... [1]

[0] https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/08/19/universities-confucius-...

[1] https://www.axios.com/china-spy-california-politicians-9d2df...

+ with families back in China there is an additional leverage to use.

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