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Originally Posted by robbo180265
The vast majority of Germans in WW2 had as much choice about wether to fight or not as our guys (probably less).
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The other thing to consider there is that Hitler really did seem like a hero before the war. Faced with economic collapse and a deep shame at just being German, its easy to see how people could be inspired by him. I've seen his speeches. He might have been one bad mothersucker but he was good at getting people on board. And given the way the rest of Europe treated post war Germany in the 20s, we can't begin to judge people's state of mind. After the fact, we know Hitler was the worst criminal in centuries.
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Originally Posted by joea
Well the Holocaust was not the only evil thing the Nazis did, read up a bit on the occupation of Russia. It was not just SS responsible by the way.
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And there were plenty of Allied incidents of utter evil. I'm not saying its all evened out. Its just that the absolutism of how we say "EVIL" is much exaggerated. And I think that Vietnam has proven that even the sweetest Christian Choir boys can do heinous things too. War makes people do sick things. The Nazis just outdid the rest of them, by alot.