Why you Must NOT Shoot Medics in War 

Hi @Simplehistory

Ok

Mr history where are you from?

First! NOOOOOOOOO dam u all!

No fair no fair 😢

Yes I agree

just make war a war crime

Humanity is committing friendly fire lol

The age old young men dying because of old men’s problems.

To be fair sometimes you gotta do a little bit of killing

amazing

what a bs quote 🤣

@@gmodGod963no it’s kinda…… idk

"Send the healers as bait, you dont need healers if you kill your enemies before they can do damage. DPS is everything" - Sun tzu, Speedrunner

" Stop making quotes I never said " - Sun Tzu, Art of War

Lol thats what Germans said about Americans. Because unlike the Wehrmacht, American GI's had much more freedom on where to spam artillery.

@@honkhonk8009 I think everyone said that. At least until everyone got a radio.

Yes, the radioman is indeed a target, but so are the Commanders too.

​@@SylvainSybaris commanders wont do shiet without communications

It's funny to me, considering that Hitler used to be radioman in ww1

Former corpsman USN. They told us the same thing. Luckily we no longer wear any distinguishing patches only a few warfare devices and stuff

ditto

Why are you even saving murderer in the first place?

@@SonaNerikov2not murderers, innocent civilians

@@We.do.stuff. I'm pointing out American soldiers. All of them are murderer

Call me biased but I don't believe the Japanese were as sadistic as they were made out to be. The majority of them were conscripted from an early age, conditioned to be fearless and have unwavering loyalty to the emperor, and taught that compassion is a sign of weakness. Any soldier branded a deserter would be forced to redeem themselves (usually with their own blood) and any compassion displayed to westerners or those already branded a deserter would be met with consequence. The Japanese chain of command was different from our own. Court martial proceedings were generally swift, and if found guilty of desertion, the offenders were forced to commit seppuku to prove they were still loyal to the emperor. Japan deliberately targeted noncombatants, but only because they were afraid of the consequences. If they had a medic in their crosshairs and hesitated, they were viewed as spineless, cowardly, dishonorable, and unworthy of their status as warriors. These are all things they learned during their training. It can surely be unlearned.

@@M4A1BestGirl ... Unit 731?

@@MrEpIcAcC Okay, so I'm going to overlook A FEW war crimes committed by Japan. Unit 731 and the Kempatai deserve nothing less than the death penalty.

​@@M4A1BestGirlthe Chinese from ww2 would like to have a talk with you

which sadly makes me feel less bothered that the Americans viewed them through bomb scopes with atomic payloads.

Actually since medic actively has shown that he will harm others that nullifies him from the qualifications

Tf2 characters are hired guns and are therefore not subjected to the rule of warfare.

To be fair, they're not even doctor, just mad scientists who happen to heal their allies with illegal technology

i got crits on the medic

I’m pretty sure most of the TF2 classes are war criminals regardless…

the poppy war reference 🤔

What if someone doesn’t know their right from their left?

@@PopCatBedwars I know I know I'm just joking, sorry :P

In the left side of your brain there's nothing right and in the left side of your brain there's nothing right

​@@PopCatBedwarsyou don't say..

the most unnecessary comment

@@cap10yapactually, that would be yours.

@@JustALittleGhostOfHallownest they probably read that reply somewhere and have been itching to use it themselves ever since

Liar

I think the reason why he was more comfortable with you is because if he messes up it won’t be permanent. There was a chance that she might divorce you or something along that line.

Lol

I’m wondering how your heister is a war criminal? The medics go in guns blazing and is engaged in combat against armed robbers in a, you know, armed robbery. Not a war.

you can also kill unarmed civilians, could be seen as homegrown terrorism@@Balls1335

wait….. you aren’t supposed to shoot medics?

@@Balls1335oh hey an enclave member

Always wondered if Combat Medics were considered Immune since they don’t really have symbols on their personal I’ve noticed

Pretty sure it isn't against the law if you lie in war.

They don't get treated better, just so you know. My daughter is a combat medic. Avoid capture AT ALL COSTS. It will not help you.

you think this is real LOL medics are literally what people aim for

​@@American-Jelloso just off yourself then?

Jeneva convention classificies it as a bruh moment

Probably replaced his heart with that of a super-baboons

​@@Alak-Hul_DarkbladeYour such a baby, ribs grow back! _speaks to archimedes_ *no they dont*

Just like in the movie hacksaw ridge. The American medic attended the wounds of a Japanese soldier.

Lies again? Marine Soldier High School

Regardless if the story is true or false, in the climate of dehumanization of the enemy, there's always people that overcome the stupid propaganda to do the right thing.

Its also not a war crime if you win, just saying...

@@Lambda_111 Or if you are the ¨good guy¨

@@georgestain4491 History is written by the victors, ala the good guys typically.

It’s not a war crime the first time

And pin your war crimes to the loser, win-win

Pipers are always legit targets, even in peacetime😂

Problem is, like the Japanese, they didn’t care much about the Geneva convention. Better to be not protected by it and live, than to be under it’s “protection” only to get your grey matter splatered all over before anyone else’s.

Small corection/adition the red cross is not the only emblem that provides this protection the red cresant and the red diamond like the red cross on s whithe backgroubd are subject to the same rules under the geneva convention.

You mean Geneva suggestion?

@@rubenjanssen1672 absolutely, amazing addition. But I think those symbols were added after ww2

wikipedia says 1929 is the formal recognision of the red cresent. wich would be before ww2. the diamond is for sure after ww2 (2005)@@Thewalk4756

"It's not a war crime as long as you are a super power or win" it's more appropriate

Is that why the Biscarri massacre is well known? Or the fact that the Soviets were awful, even more so than the Germans? Please tell me again how "it's not a warcrime if you win the war".

@@RazorsharpLT it was a silly goofy edgy joke dont take what i said seriously

if you are from U.S.A :v

@@RazorsharpLT "Or the fact that the Soviets were awful, even more so than the Germans?" - How were the Soviets worse then the Germans? I'm not arguing, just curious why you think that.

That's not rules, that's basic morality. Wounded soldiers are no use in the war, therefore medics are no use as well. People's goal is to win the war, not to shoot civilians (and medics) for fun.

​@@aeolianthecomposer meanwhile isn'treal: Hahahaha Shooting People..

​@@aeolianthecomposerbro forgot the part that tells us that rules come from morality. There is nothing good in wars, that's why it makes no sense that there are rules on it, and worse, thinking that people would follow them

@@mobiousgazer192 Noone is denying that wars are terrible. The point is, if there are wars, it's better to reduce the amount of unnecessary suffering as much as possible

​@aeolianthecomposer No, if you are engaged in war, and you want to win, it is in your best interest to win as soon as possible regardless of how much suffering you cause. By sparing your enemy's most valuable personell, you are making your own victory so much harder and prolonging the war. Your soldiers experience more battle, the enemy soldiers are capable of battling more, and more bloodshed is caused. It makes no sense to follow these rules because it would only aid your loss while the enemy does whatever it takes to win. Unless you were confident you would easily win the war, there's no reason to go easy on the enemy.

I once heard that landmines are often designed to maim not kill for precisely that reason. A burial uses far less resources than supporting an amputee for life.

I never thought of that. Interesting, man

my grandpa told me this was a thing in Yugoslavia. Landmines designed to wound the soldier in order to incapacitate one fighter permanently and a bunch more temporarily.

I've heard that Vietnam booby traps follow the same idea of wounding rather than killing as well. I guess it is just an effective war strategy

And the training of a new soldier, of course, does not take away from the enemy a lot of personnel and resources for his training for months or years.

​@@UnitTracethat is like saying "if a tree crashed in a forest and nobody hears it, it never happened" it still matters, even if nobody knows about it.

I deeply appreciate his dedication to fighting to protect Korea. We'll never forget. Thank you so much.

Many WW2 vets never talked about their time. My mom was 45 before my grandfather mentioned he was at DDay

Respect for what your dad had to go through, may he rest in peace

​@@UnitTracewell your mind has definitely crashed, so that is a war crime!

Tell that to EU and US who are holding back Ukraine and force them to follow Geneva convention even tho russians don't do that. It's like a teacher punishing someone who was bullied instead of a bully. Makes not fucking sense

Not only does it make them mad, but it colors expectations for what will happen if they surrender. Not only is anger more likely to make them brutal, but fighting to the death becomes more attractive.

whoever touches doc gets the glock

@@ComradeOgilvy1984 From an enemy that already believes in fighting to the death making both sides equal.

​@@ComradeOgilvy1984it also increases the consideration of "if I'm going down I'm taking you with me" So if you kill all the medics don't be surprised if the last thing that dying soldier does when you get close is pull the pin of a grenade.

If an enemy knows surender means death, then they will always fight to the death. War is terrible, so the least we can do is minimize human suffering as much as possible.

Babou?!

Salute dude

Great appreciation to your grandfather from Korea

"you should probably shoot a medic" "SAlUTe AnD ReSPEct"

Ive been reading a lot about the Korean War recently. Im just a history buff in general. Those guys had the misfortune of being between WW2 and Vietnam, never getting their due respect. Salute to your grandfather, that was a tough war to be in, as is any war of course.

Terrorists are not covered. 🤔

ikr

USA: and we will support all your war crimes

Stop believing fake news

Like the whole Canadian Parliament, yes exactly 😂

The Geneva Suggestion 💀💀💀

Its not a war crime if you are the victor.

Israel and Palestine agrees

Leaving no witnesses I suppose is an option too

To be fair Videogame healers doesn't wear those red plus sign symbols which makes them legal combatant

Well if you get shot in real life you won’t be on the battle field within 1 minute of healing

@@aidansharp2447 also, no one can punish you for violations of the Geneva convention if everyone is dead

​@@mirzapramudya1580Funnily enough, it violates the geneva convention to use red crosses for health pickups and the likes in video games and game studios have gotten letters for that. Thats why it's often a green cross.

​@mirzapramudya1580 mercy from OW does

As usual for Netanyahu, Palestinians are citizens when it lets him abuse them, but foreigners whenever they should have a right. And this is a war when it's convenient, and a "defensive operation". He and his buddy Putin think in a very similar way.

How do the people of Gaza think? "Harbor terrorists, feed terrorists, be a shield for terrorists, but I am not a terrorist."

@@IsaacSchultzso the 10k children killed were feeding Hamas?

​@@IsaacSchultzSo what are they supposed to do about it? Vote them out? With what elections? Rise up against them? With which weapons? They have no one to help them. The world has abandoned them to colonialists and extremists.

Palestine I'd a false state

no Shooting officers? can you explain?

USSR with

geneva conventions: "killing medics is a warcrime" UK: "let's sink an entire hospital cruise ship then"

@@SlitWristDemigodthe drums were to keep the infantry lines stable and at a consistent pace. They had to shoot in a way that maximized volume of fire since smoothbore muskets are inaccurate af and that’s the main weapon armies of the time had.

>skill issue >needed help from the French to have a chance to win.

Japanese Navy:" what do you mean were not supposed to tie POW's to bricks and throw them in the ocean."

Japanese Army- "wait, we weren't supposed to eat the livers of American pilots?"

Japanese army: wait what do you mean we weren’t supposed to kill civilians including children and women

But your Honor, not torturing and killing those soldiers would be dishonorable to my family

​@@guts-141💀💀

Не знаю откуда взялась информация про воду (надеюсь не из фильма Сталинград), но когда советы Аджимушкайские каменоломни обороняли, за водой их мягко говоря не пускали

@@user-if2yf9yy5e информация взята из множества дневников и писем солдат. Стоит уточнить что правило не соблюдалось если за бойцами вёлся присмотр сверху.

I heard medics out there were targeted. Thanks for what you done though. How long were you in the Army for?

Because you were fighting against insurgents rather than a legitimate army, therefore they would not have to abide by the laws of the Geneva Convention.

Insurgents themselves don’t fall within Geneva convention anyway and we rarely expected to be taken alive anyway, plus they’d often use civilian population to hide

Rebels and insurgents have zero reason to honor conventions. Especially when fighting a superior force. Cold but true.

@@martymcfly8535 I definitely wasn’t expecting them to, otherwise I wouldn’t have been so assiduous in hiding my identity.

Now if they could hit the people who give the officers orders.

Artillery doesn't care anyway

America, eliminating the class system one baron at a time.😅😅

Part of the reason for that is that should the enemy make a conscious effort on killing officers whom were usually part of prominent families in the home country, it would also make peace talks more difficult because the people whose words actually carry weight would suddenly start taking the war personally and even if the King would like to sue for peace, it's a bit hard to do if everyone with wealth or some sort of title would be crying out for blood. Knowing this is the same for enemy, it is better if you don't kill them and simply capture them, as a letter from an imprisoned son has a bit of an opposite reaction to the peace negotiations, seeing that many would want to ransom their child and end the war quickly without making the enemy desperate enough to start executing hostages. You may think it's a bit silly or unfair, but it does often help de-escalate a conflict if you capture rather than kill the family of the movers and shakers. This is of course, more important when you fight a local war rather than your enemy crossing the sea to get to you.

It’s not about convenience.

That’s very interesting!

wait...the germans?

The Geneva convention was made after WW1.she was fair game.

@@Jack-yo2bc M’yes. Believe it or not, not everyone from the English speaking world hated all Germans back then. Especially when those young American men encountered feisty German lasses, like with my great great great uncle and my great great great aunt

@@hfar_in_the_sky and did they continue 2 side with germany for round 2?

Israel be like: its not a warcrime if the USA is on your side

Look at the war crime where you not supposed to hide behind civilians and especially medics/hospitals.

​​@@aleksandrpaniutin4028 I thought Israel said that Hamas had tunnels? The world knows who is the real monster, nothing can change that!

@@aleksandrpaniutin4028ok mr “terrorist check in calendar” 🙄🙄 where’s that al shifa complex chief??? you hear about israel’s “where’s daddy?” AI software? it TRACKS “HAMAS MILITANTS” (which are usually just military aged men israel wants to shoot at) AND FIRES FROM A DRONE AT THEIR HOMES ONLY WHEN THEY GET HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES. go read a fucking book 🙄🙄

@@aleksandrpaniutin4028Aren’t you tired spreading propaganda yet?

and there is the propaganda angle that which unforchanetlly for plenty of the japs the allies lived up to the propaganda. this is due to the japs fear or so and fought fenatically etc. and other reasons to as well.

And we all see how that ended in Hiroshima.

They didn’t want their cities bombed, not knowing by deliberately violating the treaties, they enraged America enough to bomb their cities. They made their own self fulfilling prophecy, good riddance to Imperial Japan.

Kaboom?

⁠Yes Rico, Kaboom

i think you're talking for all the armies here

You know just because Japanese is the one particularly known for it doesn't mean other armies isn't, those with power and weapons can do whatever they want in the battlefield and wastelands without the world knowing, the solider you admire could have done some inhumane things that you can't even imagine...

@@fsoy7479 the americans blew up like 5 orphanages

Ya but we weren't experimenting on prisoners of war or raping women left right and certainly weren't dame siding with the Nazis But to be fair we experimented on are own people 😂so ya worse there and during peace ish time Also like 100years ago no? I think we can cut them some slack there not the same people ​@@VodkaDoge

​@@mervinreyes3008you nuked them, man. Twice. Nuked the civilians.

Also Israel: "You let your enemies have hospitals?!"

@@MEDPR0S Also Israel: You let your enemy have civilians to need hospitals?

Israel has nothing to gain by indiscriminately targeting civilians or non combatants in general for that matter. The idea that Israel has anything to gain by doing so is dumb, in fact due to international pressure particularly, the IDF has a moral and legal incentive to avoid civilian casualties.

@@Zionist298 I respect your opinion but we can't have opinions in such things, here we only need facts, if you said something with no proof then it's either an opinion or a fake fact... I'm not sure how didn't you see a single video, your name is Zionist so maybe you're an Isreali, I think there's no way you didn't hear what your government's figures say!

@@Zionist298 And also, 1000 civilians to 1 Hamas fighter means that the IDF are the weakest army on earth if it wasn't meant

Yeah, I got caught up as a medical student in Chile during Pinochet stuff. I was the “medic” in a little village in the mountains for about six weeks. They treated me okay and I figured it was this Doctor Zhivago thing going on. I had only seen that movie a few years earlier and it was fresh on my mind. Always wondered if that was a real story..

Damn-

usa: taste my nukes

​@@iamgaijin88japan: is that the sun?!

Krauts killed medics too

USA: Yes 😎🇺🇸

​@@Muhammadwasapedolittle boy and fat man: here come the sun

This video doesn't effect them as they already follow international law.

@@Zionist298 name. You're clearly biased.

@@Browniev2 Biased towards the truth, absolutely.

@@Zionist298 Ok, let's argue. Why do you think that israel is in the right?

@@Browniev2 There are two answers to this, do you mean within the context of the Israel-Arab conflict in general or the current Gaza conflict? I can answer both here. 1. It is quite clear that Israel is in the right in this conflict, every single peace deal, Israel has accepted and even proposed numerous peace deals dating back to the Peel commission in 1937, meanwhile the Arabs have launched a nonstop war of attrition against Israel dating back to the Fedayeen, launching numerous terror attacks. Even PA officials have admitted their goal is not a two state solution, Abbas Zaki is a prime example, he said on Al Jazeera 2011: "The agreement is based on the borders of June 4. While the agreement is on the borders of June 4, the President [Mahmoud Abbas] understands, we understand, and everyone knows that it is impossible to realize the inspiring idea, or the great goal in one stroke. If Israel withdraws from Jerusalem, if Israel uproots the settlements, 650,000 settlers, if Israel removes the (security) fence - what will be with Israel? Israel will come to an end. If I say that I want to remove it from existence, this will be great, great, [but] it is hard. This is not a [stated] policy. You can't say it to the world. You can say it to yourself." 2. Within the context of Gaza, it is still obvious Israel is morally superior to Hamas, Israel, as we know it, is a liberal democracy and a parliamentary republic, with an ethical, transparent armed force, the IDF, charges of genocide are unfounded, the crime of genocide requires dolus specialis, which doesn't exist, Israel has flooded Gaza with more then 3.4x the required humanitarian aid according to the WFP, Israel has provided millions of warnings for civilians to evacuate, in the form of text messages, phone calls, and leaflets, and to a lesser extent, roof knocking. This is apparent in the extraordinarily low civilian to combatant ratio in Gaza, based on the current government estimates, there has been an excess of 14,000 combatants killed, and approximately 16,000 civilians (corroborating Gaza hospital records), this is a ratio of 1.14:1, compare that to Iraq and Afghanistan, campaigns headed by western militaries, not urban wars, and according to Richard Kemp, this ratio was approximately 3 to 5 civilians per 1 combatant (3-5:1), or Manila, the only comparable urban battle to Gaza, 6:1 civilian to combatant. Casualties aside, according to UNOSAT's assessment, only 31,198 structures, or 12% of the total, have been destroyed, completely discrediting the 60% claim which Hamas tunes out.

expiration date reference lol

@@ItsWorm0912 its obviously a reference to fortnite

“It contains the heinous warcrimes against medics the men here have commited”

"There's more"

@@dusancosic6432 no…

well with 1 excemption: Ruski

Funny way to say "team kill"

Well, didn't count how many I killed.

what do you mean by friendly fire? those were enemies as well..

wasn't italy on there side?

@@Jack-yo2bcthis was probably after the Allies occupied Italy but if it wasn’t I won’t be surprised

@@Jack-yo2bc Not until the Allies occupied it, no. Benito Mussolini was a part of the Axis as well until the people of Italy revolted (with our help) and executed him.

Medics are basically those who keep their decency for the longest time in war. Even if it’s hard. I tried to live up to that, that’s why i was a medic while in the military. I’m SO glad i didn’t had to show if i was good enough because there was no real war i had to serve in during service. I helped people, but i have so much respect for people who do this while something like WW2 is all around you…

and also oblied to treat your enemies

Among us has the same thing

Not just games, any usage of the red cross except by non-combatant medic forces and the RED Cross organization itself. That is why most ambulances have the Star of Life on them instead. In Europe some ambulances are operated by the Red Cross and so they can use the emblem. Also the Red Cross allows under license some things like First Aid kits. Technically if you are playing a war game that follows Geneva rules you could use the emblem. (like having a Hospital that you have to avoid targeting) What gets them upset is games where the rules of the game require shooting people with protective emblems.

I would never wear the arm band in theatre... I also would shoot back when shot at. Ohh BTW, I was a Grunt who transitioned to Medic and Radiographer with nearly 4x years in war zones.

@@BeardedChieftain Yes, you were likely a US medic who does not wear a protective emblem and is a combatant. The US would not use emblems even with an enemy that did respect Geneva - they like having one more combatant per squad. If you were TOLD to wear an armband (and some countries do this - like the UK) then you shooting would be a war crime. You still can defend yourself.

They just cut the middle-man and decided to go straight for civilian medics too

Aaaaaand thats a lie

​@@DillerwithIaaaaaand a brainwashed kid from Israhell propaganda

@@DillerwithI lol

What "lol"? >:)

and terrorists will weaponize the rules of war against you for propaganda wins.

Yea you rarely hear about medics in modern conflict as being protected I always thought that they removed it from the treaty but they didn’t it just people don’t care anymore

@@Big_head033it’s a very dumb thing to do, yeah spare their medics so they can potentially bring back more enemy combatants, I think not. Most of the things on the Geneva Convention make no damn sense whatsoever. Take no prisoners unless you plan on forcing information out of them. Attack higher ranked units if you can find them, to help disrupt their chain of communication. The people who can’t see these things are just dumb.

@@healer_btw5606 War is already brutal. The Geneva Conventions are about making it less brutal if possible, you idiot. The Western Front was less brutal BECAUSE both sides respected medics, and the Soviets actually requested that both sides followed the Hague Conventions. It was only AFTER inhuman barbarity of the kind you suggest that Soviet Soldiers committed such atrocities against German soldiers and later Axis civilians. Fine philosophy, dumbfuck, because that is the exact reason Germany and Japan lost the war. All of those things might gain you tactical advantages, but they will almost certainly cause strategic failures for your army, because not only will the enemy have no reason to treat you or your civilians fairly if you lose, they'll respond with just as much brutality. Look at what's happening in Israel and the Middle East after Gaza attacked civilians. Israel now has every reason to make it as brutal as possible for the civilians there. War isn't a game, and short-term successes can often lead to a LOT of long-term failures.

For a terrorist point of view, why should they let medics live when they are aiding enemies that want to kill them?

Also the officer will ignore what happens when they go default aggressive. Double so of you hit the dog... Don t hit the dog.

Facts.

A round landed somewhere close to Doc, it gets radioed back to arty, "You see that grid square?" "Yes sir." "I don't want to see it anymore." "Understood sir."

That's what they did anyway.

Don’t they do that already?

Then after a couple minutes of fire you hear the Collective PING of like 200 M1 Garands.

​@@jaywerner8415PING PING MUTHAFUCKERS

Ahh left 4 dead.

Umm you can't play as a medic in cod

​@@becky2235shhh shh...thats what we call a joke

@@rustyrocket9117 I'm glad someone got it. I felt really proud of myself for thinking it.

​@@paulcowlishawbro I choked on my drink when I seen it 😂

@rustyrocket9117 haha. Sorry. Glad I made you laugh

*Head Cha La plays*

there were apparently a lot of rumours circulated by the Japanese army psy-ops officers about American and allied medics. Things like they will change your blood so you are no longer Japanese, they castrate captured Japanese men, they perform forced abortions on Japanese and islander civilians, they have biological weapons to spread disease and cowardice, etc. This was on top of all the other propaganda being disseminated through the ranks to keep the soldiers loyal and willing to fight.

Desmond doss 💯

Hacksaw ridge was pretty good

My dad was a unarmed combat medic in Sarajevo in 92-93 then an armed combat medic in Bosnia in late 98-99 for a peace keeping mission

Hitting a medic is a war crime, but bombing a whole region isn't, what a world we are living at.

Based

Imperial Japanese and Soviet soldiers:It's free real estate

​@@user-kr7yh8vw9mYou forgot any country that ends in "an", North Korea, the Mexican, Columbian cartels(let's face it, they're a full on militarily organized force with numbers rivaling citizens in other countries), any military on the African continent, North Vietnam, China, The Wagner Group and a lot of their county of origin, (not anymore though 😂), Hamas, Al Quida, Syria...I can go on for DAYS, and WE are expected to play by the "rules"🤨. It's probably a good thing we sometimes DON'T💯

I wanted to be more precise with the time period

@@AlreadyDeadInside83079doesn’t “American” end in “an”? Shhhh… 🤫

Well actually when the marines arrived to the Pacific they only had the 1903 Springfield

@@SouthernHunter_69 but I’m the clip, it shows m1 garands being used

An animation hiccup.

Always has been

As opposed to an attack on the whole squad?

yes, think about it, if you are attacking the whole squad, you are actively hurting them/killing a lot of them... but if you attack the doc and he die, the squad is STILL ALIVE AND NOW THEY KNOW THAT EVERYTHING GOES, so even if you surrender.. you WILL die.@@jeffreyblack666

@@jeffreyblack666yes, you shoot doc, they stop aiming at your group and start chasing you in particular down to tear you apart with their bare hands.

@@fantomphlame5565 That entirely misses the point and just further highlights how irrational it is. You are saying they go insane and barbaric and brutal. So much so that they entirely ignore who they should be focusing on and instead just focus on a single person. So have a single person in a squad take out the medic, so the opposing squad targets them alone, while the rest of the squad then moves to a better position to take out that opposing squad entirely. And what if my entire squad all target the medic. Then what does the other squad do? Target all of us? Like they were doing before?

I mean, that's the point. Increase casualties and bait the enemy into irrational action. No medic means increasing the chance on wounded becoming casualties. It makes people either get mad or shut down making easy targets. It demoralizes the unit. Why do you think children are used as combatants and prisoners used as meat shields? The entire point is to "exploit" the humanity of your enemy. If an enemy has either enough people or political power, they know that those tactics can be done without personal consequence. It's war. It's only a crime if you "lose". This ain't a video game. This ain't fair and honorable combat. It's total warfare. They kill a medic with bullets, how is that any worse than starving them via blockade, disease or any waste with chemical warfare, flamethrowers, false surrenders, ect?

they did that? let alone there was air sea rescue planes used?

@@TheManofthecross Sadly, not one of the RAF’s proudest moments. In response, Goering ordered retaliatory attacks, but the front line Luftwaffe pilots refused. At any rate, here’s some interesting reading: aviationtrivia.blogspot.com/2012/06/luftwaffe-seenotdienst-first-air-rescue.html

Not like the nazis were known for not committing war crimes in the first place

yeah they did, probably because Britain didn't really use their own air sea rescue planes and it was a war of attrition at that point so they didn't want to allow German pilots to gain experience

The Nazis were bombing civilian targets during the battle of Britain. Bear in mind they were also planning on gassing people I doubt the RAF shooting down air sea planes would have been a motivator to treat allied soldiers any worse. F the Nazis. They were not all literal Nazis. They were a legitimate enemy.

mainly due to the nature of there enemies. especally those who are using the rules of war against you then deny them that advantage.

​@@TheManofthecrossThat, you do not know in advance.

​@@acceptablecasualty5319I think that the most likely enemies a Western world's soldier might face IRL these times can be safely assumed to not follow the Geneva Convention... heck, it's likely that they themselves wouldn't even count as lawful combatants.

That depends on what you count as a sniper.

@@pipebombpete.6861 I mean... yeah.