Interesting piece.

MikeP · 04-19-2013, 02:16 PM

The German Army, Heere, or whatever has plenty of proven complicitly in atrocities in the East and West as well.
Germans for any number of reasond share some guilt over their servile complacency to the
3rd Reich.

Not simple, by any means, considering post WW1 conditions and the polce state atmosphere.
Their paternalistic culture created a natural resource of folks willing to blindly obey most anything they were ordered to do.
Refusal had serious consequences, but overall, most went along with the program.

I'm no expert, but have spent 50+ years reading into it.
Some good training and practical experience as a military advisor showed me a lot about human nature in culteral behavior.

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04-19-2013, 02:16 PM	#14
MikeP User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ILL Posts: 686 Thanks: 36 Thanked 452 Times in 198 Posts	The German Army, Heere, or whatever has plenty of proven complicitly in atrocities in the East and West as well. Germans for any number of reasond share some guilt over their servile complacency to the 3rd Reich. Not simple, by any means, considering post WW1 conditions and the polce state atmosphere. Their paternalistic culture created a natural resource of folks willing to blindly obey most anything they were ordered to do. Refusal had serious consequences, but overall, most went along with the program. I'm no expert, but have spent 50+ years reading into it. Some good training and practical experience as a military advisor showed me a lot about human nature in culteral behavior.