Teribus,   you're at it again ! spouting your so-called facts and figures. Surely you have heard that old saying about "lies, damn lies etc "? The propaganda machine that you subscribe to is just as unreliable as any of those that you revile, old chap.
You must remember too, that the "guys" to whom you refer are, and were, AT HOME.
If, on the other hand,you and your like had stayed AT HOME, there would possibly have been no reason for hunger strikes at all.
I wonder how your NCO would have reacted to the kind of language that seems to come so readily to you, please moderate it or, I'm warning you, I will no longer feel obliged to correspond with you on historical matters.