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cannon fodder N no pl

cannon fodder

mięso nt armatnie

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Resistance leaders haven't made any institutions for the victims of the conflict and have left them high and dry after being used as cannon fodder? www.milligazette.com

Combat is mostly functional with each new battleground providing an appropriate amount of cannon fodder. www.independent.co.uk

The socialist movement had been historically antimilitarist and internationalist, and therefore opposed workers serving as cannon fodder for the bourgeois governments at war. en.wikipedia.org

Children are often put in the front lines to be used as cannon fodder or used as mine detectors. en.wikipedia.org

Their forces became cannon fodder, causing a severe drop in morale and efficiency. en.wikipedia.org

It soon becomes clear that their white commanding officer is using the colonial troops as cannon fodder to identify artillery targets. en.wikipedia.org

On rare occasions they were used as cannon fodder to slow down enemy advance. en.wikipedia.org

Some officers felt sold out, or used as cannon fodder, by the union leaders. en.wikipedia.org

He also became disillusioned due to the constant horrors of war and robots being used as cannon fodder by the humans. en.wikipedia.org

While much of the impetus came from the middle classes, much of the cannon fodder came from the lower. en.wikipedia.org

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