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In all of wars what prevented a soldier who country was invading another or vice versa just walk off and say screw this. Find a town to settle down in and just start a new life? (lemmy.world)
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[–] the_abecedarian@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago

Assuming your service ended at that point and you were free to leave, it'd certainly be easier than deserting into enemy territory. France just after WW2 was pretty war-torn and full of refugees, so it wouldn't have been the easiest place to live for the first several years at least.