Just finished watching Jojo Rabbit for the first time and it portrays a lot of very young kids (~10yrs old) going into war against Germany's enemies towards the end of the war. How accurate is this? Did they ever send kids to war? If so, what effect did this have on the allied forces?

by connerboy
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/u/therealrocknrolla just answered a slightly different question about the Hitler Youth also inspired by Jojo Rabbit.

/u/the_howling_cow has also written about the Hitler Youth's contributions to the war effort as soldiers.