Martin also covers in detail the quandry faced by the French leadership in the late 1930's: The Great War had decimated a great portion of a generation, creating a demographic 'hole' that ensued in 1935. Even had they had the wisdom and will to go toe-to-toe with Hitler (and they had neither), they didn't have enough young people to staff the armed forces. Which explains in great part why my mother's best friend was sent from a small town in Kentucky to die on a beach in Normandy.
Now consider this, a brilliant post from Bearwatch.
Life is sacred, period.
It's a truth, not just a fond sentiment.
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