Describe the motivation of mercenaries.

A mercenary is an individual who is hired to take part in an armed conflict but is not part of a regular army or other governmental military force. Mercenaries fight for money or other recompense rather than for political interests.

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A mercenary is a person who has no affiliation to an official army or country, but will take part in an armed conflict or mission when hired to do so.

A mercenary is motivated by his or her own personal objectives and goals. Mainly, the main reason for a mercenary to fight is a good pay.

world war i had a devastating effect on german-americans and their cultural heritage. up until that point   german-americans, as a group, had been spared much of the discrimination, abuse, rejection, collective mistrust experienced by so many different racial and ethnic groups in the history of the united states. indeed, over the years, they had been viewed as a well integrated and esteemed part of american society. all of this change with the outbreak of war.  

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