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Skybird, you are correct. The new German constitution has elements to prevent fascism from grasping power. If the battle was against the State of Germany and not against fascism, then the war would have ended just like in WWI, a peace treaty between states, and not a push for unconditional surrender and the re-foundation of the German nation under a new constitution. The Allies had more than once the oportunity to sign a cease-fire and permit the Nazi state to carry on fighting in the East while liberating Western Europe, and there were many who would've liked to do so, as there are always the virus, the parasite within, but gladly it didn't happen.

Terrorism is one stage and one strategy of an asymmetrical war. It would be easy to call things by the name otherwise you're going to have to change the name of the war everytime the strategy changes: war on terrorism, war on blitzkrieg, war on mass murder, war on nuclear devices, etc..