?! I was like, "oh really?" and I checked... you're right, "a German soldier had approximately a 1 in 3 chance of dying during the WW2 conflict"
Dying to protect a political system vs dying to advance science, better pick science.
And that is an exceptional example. For most modern wars or major conflicts it's nowhere near as bad as 1 in 3.
In WWII young men volunteered to join RAF bomber crews and faced an almost 1-in-2 chance of dying, with a far higher chance of getting wounded or captured.