Complex sentence: During the final days of the war, the Strafbattalion was a popular division for recruits or soldiers who committed even the slightest wrongdoing, as any infraction either earned a spot on the gallows, or a spot in the strafbattalion.
Split into simpler sentences: During the final days of the War, the Strafbattalion was a'popular' division for recruits or soldiers who committed even the slightest wrong doing. Any infraction either earned you a spot on the gallows, or a spot in the strafbattalion.