The death penalty.

[TheRealMafoo]

scottie said:

TheRealMafoo said:

MrT-Tar said:

The punishment for cowardice as death by firing squad and I'll leave it to you to work out what happened to thousands of innocent soldiers.

306 soldiers were shot for cowardice in world war one

Again, an example of exaggeration by those apposed to it.

Cos non-Commonwealth people don't count as people? Also people who were shot for cowardice in all years that weren't 1914-1918?

 

Totally exaggerating!

I only quoted that section to emphasize what I was responding too. He was taking only about WW I and the UK. Here is the entire quote:

"Such a cock up on a monumental scale occurred during the 1st World War.  Basically, many men became shell shocked while on the front line, as it was accepted as a condition the army saw it as cowardice.  The punishment for cowardice as death by firing squad and I'll leave it to you to work out what happened to thousands of innocent soldiers."