Detailed Instructions: In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate a simplified sentence that focuses on lexical paraphrasing from the original sentence given in the input.
Q: this was an extremely controversial stance within the largely pacifist greens , because it meant that , for the first time since world war ii , german soldiers would actively participate in combat.
A:
german soldiers would actively participate in a combat for the first time aft.