To die in a war always means to die for nothing... war ist the biggest stupidity that has ever evolved...
hmm... what does this means for us, playing war...
The Germans had very little choice about being a soldier or not. Only some special boys didn't have to go, like a farmers firstborn. The only choice was, what your uniform would be and sometimes this choice wasn't even given.
It's stated that the SS was a all-volunteers institution. Well, most volunteered and some were volunteered (1/4... if that's "some").
Even the "Freikorps Dönitz" wasn't a all-volunteers show in the end.
I am a German too and such remarks like "You had your Adolf and this means you're always responsible" make my stomach churn. After the signing of the Versailles Treaty even Clemencau (for not-historical people the by-then French Prime Minister) acknowledged that another war was inevitable. Hitler could only rouse the people enough for breaking hell loose again. If it wouldn't have been Hitler another one would have arisen in time to release the fury.
So please cut this crap!
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