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To encourage the public to support a war, we appeal to patriotism. Based on the Gallup survey, the map below shows the percentage of Europeans who would fight for their country.
In Europe, willingness to fight is lowest in developed Western countries (Netherlands – 15%, Germany – 18%, Belgium – 19%), while it is highest in Finland (74%), Turkey (73%), and Ukraine (62%).
Not surprisingly, countries where invasion is a greater possibility have higher proportions of the population ready to fight for their country.
For Ukraine and Finland, “fight for your country” means “fight to stop Russia invading” practically.
For the UK, France, etc., “fighting for your country” could be taken to mean “go fight in Iraq/Afghanistan/Mali” for the geopolitical issue of the day.
It seems Germany did learn something…