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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It’s not a contract enforced by the UCMJ, with codes criminalizing dissent and desertion, like in the US military.

I mean, I feel the need to point out that dissent, refusal of orders, and desertion were all punishable in CNT militias.

Any wartime unit is necessarily going to be stricter on such things, as coordination, timing, and accurate estimations are all vital in military operations.

The anarchist militias were very effective in the Spanish Civil War, though, you are correct about that.

[–] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thank you for the clarification, that’s really interesting.

Was desertion specifically deserting a line unit on rotation? Could an enlisted person willingly leave when their unit was rotated off the line for resupply for example? Or was it more a situation where upon enlistment you willfully submitted to the commands authority for the period of enlistment?

Do you have any recommendations for reading material on that subject specifically? I had just assumed the CNT operated like most of the other militias I mentioned, although now that I’m thinking about it I guess most of the anecdotal evidence for fighters dropping in and out at will are foreign (predominantly white) volunteers, so that just might be my privilege showing.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It's been a long time since I've done serious reading on the subject, unfortunately. Article 4 of the CNT regulations for militiamen outlines offenses, though, and treating abandoning one's post and desertion as separate offenses suggests it wasn't just leaving the front line that counted as desertion.