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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
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Originally Posted by melnibonian
No one is trying to make excuses for Germany, Japan, England, USA and all other countries that took part in this horrible war. They all have their fair share of crimes and responsibility for it (some more than others obviously). All I was saying is that since the country was at war there was no question of Nazi or not. They were professional soldiers and they did all they could to reach the final victory. To be fair the nature of war they were involved in allowed them to be distanced from crimes involved in the Russian Front or with mass deportations etc. hence it was simpler for them as they were fighting a lonely kind of war not to be so stict about Nazi ideology as the Panzer Divisions for example that were fighting in close proximity with the SS.
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Exactly. I remember posting something a while back..."when you're 200m underwater with depth charges raining down on you, political ideology means squat!" 
I think the very nature of the warfare they were waging was also a factor. Despite the fact that merchant sailors were civillians, sinking cargo ships to cut off your enemy's supply chain was a pretty sterile and businesslike thing without much room for political ideologies. It just comes down to pure numbers. Sink more ships than they can build. Deny as many tons of supplies to them as you can. Little room for political expression there.
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Agreed on all points. What is the saying? "You will find no aethiests in a foxhole."
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