What skills did a world war 2 soldier need?

Answer 1

Soldiers would go through a period of basic training before being sent in to battle. Some soldiers would spend months or years training in specialist skills whereas other might be committed to battle without any training in some exceptional circumstances.

Soldiers would join the Army either voluntarily or were given no choice and were conscripted. Either way, Recruits would learn the basics of his trade: how to fire a gun, dig a trench, march in step and how to fight as a team.

After this the recruit would be sent to a battle zone with the other recruits to fight as a new unit or serve individually as replacements in units that had taken casualties.

Soldiers were expected to serve for a number of years or until the war was won but they would not be continually committed to battle for this entire time. Ideally, the units soldiers were in would be rotated between the front line and reserve or resting positions were they would not be in imminent danger. This allowed the soldiers to rest and recuperate as best they could before being recommitted to the battle.

Depending on the fercocity of the fighting and the availability of reserves, whole units could remain in close combat for weeks and suffer a steady stream of casualties. Replacements would be drafted in to keep the unit in fighting condition but as it's strength stemmed from operating as a team, the longer a unit stayed in battle, the more casualties it took and the more replcaements received, diminished its fighting power.

Soldier fought until they were relieved by reserve until or unable to function through death, non-fatal wounds, illness or desertion. The middle two causes accounted for the majority of casualties sustained by the armies of WW2. Military hospitals were established to heal the sick and wounded and return the men to the fight. Soldiers would sustain wounds that caused them to be unfit for further soldiering were either transfered to non-combat units or were discharged from the Army and given a disability pension.

Desertion was a serious problem for Armies, especially when whole countries were on the verge of defeat or when soldiers had been exposed to the horrors of war. Deserters became fugitives from the law and were hunted by Military Police. If caught they could expect to be harshly treated and even sentenced to prison or execution. However, the majority of desertions took place away from the battle field when soldiers tried to get away from the discipline of the army.

Answer 2

strength, speed, stamina and stealth i was doing this in English today :)

A2. People in Germany were forced to be soldiers and they were not proparly trained.