Originally posted by TheBug
But judging by the fervor of their fighting, how could you possibly believe they fought for a political party, instead of the defense of their nation. They were Germans, fighting for Germany. To deem them at the gunpoint of the Nazi Party reeks of revisionism to me, I don't let them off the hook that easily. But I won't also quickly dismiss their reasoning for going to war either.
Heh. I think it was Charon who first pointed out that the German fliers were "defending" Germany over Warsaw, Norway, Denmark, France, England, Belgrade, Moscow...you get the idea.
That they were "Germans fighting for Germany" doesn't somehow make it honorable that they were fighting to conquer Europe and subject it to the rule of the Nazi party - which they had voluntarily adopted as their own government, and which they appeared very happy to follow up until the war started going the wrong way.
- Oldman (sorry....couldn't help myself....)