I believe I am correct in saying that you came here from Germany?

The ordinary German soldier was tremendously respected by the allies. I won't be able to quote Churchill accurately but he said something like this..."the average german soldier will fight to the end, enduring mud and cold and injury and death and maintain high spirits...they will just keep fighting until taken out by wounds or death". He respected them tremendously.

There were plenty of officers as well who had high morals and would simply not follow orders from HItler if the orders were too crazy. Hitler ordered them to fight to the last man and burn the countryside as they retreated to deny it to the allies. Most ignored both orders, knowing that the war was all but over and that the german people would starve if they burned the countryside and surrendering if the battle was lost. (They did not often surrender to the Russians though as they expected the Russians to treat them viciously).

In the end many germans did starve after the war or nearly so. France and Italy were also devastated. England as well but perhaps not as severely.

The Marshall plan saved a starving Europe.

Russia had millions starving too but refused to participate in the Marshall plan.

There was a particularly ruthless, immoral strain of Germans though, that populated the SS and followed Hitlers vicious policies with enthusiasm.

I think there are folks here in the US capable of such things as well, but hopefully not too many.

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