YYA > . By the way, the Russian Army back then believed in Hashem in some form, prioritized the safety of their own soldiers before that of enemy civilians, and did not draft girls…
OK, OK, even as you are going overboard with Russian army caring of soldier safety … Just wanted to bring a story: I was reading a sefer that made a following point: “if the Czar would really understand the value of Torah learning, he would put a soldier with a bayonet near every learning Yid”. Here, I was turning a page and guessing that it continues “and when antisemites would come, the soldier would defend the Yid”. To my surprise, the next page said: “and when a Yid would distract from learning, the soldier will stab him with the bayonet”. That is, we are the problem, not the anti-semites. .. So, maybe time for the bayonets in yeshovos.