On an aside, the reasons the US didn't deploy a bigger tank, was because the railway tunnels to get the thing to the coastline from Detroit woudn't admit anything bigger. They could have widened the tunnels, but it would have taken years to do, and when every tank you had was being badly needed....
Back on topic: I am an American, of German descent; my family has been in the States for at least a hundred years (that I know of). Both my grandfathers fought in WWII (one as a fighter pilot on the Asian theater; the other as a B-24 pilot in Europe).
More to the point: I suppose it's possible I have relatives in Germany, at least distant ones. I am not my ancestors; I am not responsible for anyone's conduct but my own. And sometimes not even then. I have been a soldier, and I know, as a soldier, you do not get the luxury of deciding whether you're going to go to work today or not. The Nuremburg trials were wrong: following orders can be a valid reason. Concentration camps... no. That was a clear humanitarian violation, and should have been refused. Thing is... incredible pressure can be brought to bear to get people to do things they might not otherwise have done, especially with an authoritarian gov't with no checks on its power. I do not deny the Holocaust; it was a very, very horrible episode in human history. But the German soldiers on the lines, in the skies and seas, had very little (if anything) to do with this. And so I have no ethical problem playing the part of one of those soldiers, or sailors. Just like an actor playing the part of Adolf Hitler.
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