allright , time for a few banal cliches and shaky theses , peripherally related . The primary fault of German generals was thinking they were capable of controlling Nazism as a tool to break away from the restrictions of WW1 peace structure . The ways they failed and how the lesson was not heeded is a hot lecturing topic these days , and the hate achieved is just recommandable viewing ! The world is a "faulty" construction , people are not perfect , were not in the past , unlikely to be in the future . As such when was the German officers were expected to rise up against the evil party , when Austria was given away or maybe when Prague was ? Rhienland ? As said world is not perfect , somebody has to be ready to kill people in case things go bad and in every single step to the war , the western democracies faciliated Adolf's path to glory , German generals could only thank the good people . Their premise was simple : when Germany was strong enough to stand tall , then the tools would be kicked out as they were fools ; in turn the fools were totally into getting everything under control . The only reason the unprepared German armies won the opening rounds of the WW2 is that their opposition were even in worse shape .
the reputation of German generalship has been much influenced by the needs of the cold war , they were to be reintagrated into west , and their effectiveness was also tilted in favour of the new order . Germans kicked the Russians so bad , Americans and British kicked the Germans so bad , ergo West will kick SU so bad ... And in cases certain events were glossed over . Guderian was rightly indignant at the suggestion of a subcomander that he should retreat in the face of Polish cavalry , yet apperantly he lost 70 panzers to Russian cavalry in front of Moscow . And of course politics were also involved .
ah yes , the Nazis are pigs , and deservedly at that and not because they merely plotted to kill anybody of Jewish origins . Yes , that is enough to be pigs but they were intent on killing far more . The world at the time failed to see that ; they took it as standart political activity , it was normal ... That is why even Adolf Hitler was still hopeful of a modus vivendi with Western Allies in May 1945 , they had done nothing out of bounds , nothing unexpected . It was the contract , right ?
so , for the initial period generals would love the results since it is good to be winning and for the late period where the sins were unhideable and the writing was clearly on the wall , really, what could they do ? It is noted somewhere that the democratic America "banned" private automobiles as soon as it entered the war , Germany went into total war mood only in 1942 or 43 , because the generals saw the warcrimes already committed made it absolute that there would be a reckoning , which certainly cooled their ardour for any toppling of the Third Reich . Since the troops they were supposed to command were totally influenced by the party and mind you , there were the Waffen SS , a really sizeable army that could be a thorn in a civil war . Allowing the Nazis to concentrate on the hideous business of conducting a war , abroad . Could not trust that they were to be hold responsible but there would be escape clauses , they had to go on . They were now trying for a draw . It would elude them . This explanation is intented for whom "honour" , oath , loyalty to the upbringing , country or comrades in arms or similar bindings are somehow hollow . Though it should not be taken as personal diminishing of any sorts , there are many examples of things ı would personally be sarcastic about when the said high ground moral concepts are used .
to suggest one could personally do the right thing in such conditions will taken as a honest belief , self confidence and all the good stuff . ı would , without any doubt , but ı am famous for having a starfleet . Such things are problematical in real life .
july 44 : Von Stauffenberg was so mistrusted that his explosives were tampered with , to make certain that they would go on . Don't buy too much into thick oak table legs , it is really a case of "out of range" . Don't ask what , why or how . History will one day write that Erwin Rommel was known to be leaving his compound before coming under RAF attack . While he had once commanded Adolf's own personal guard that became an SS division , he was famous , he was not involved with the East European front and so could be sold to the Soviets as "acceptable" . Not that German generals had not offered to fight the red tide , playing the same game with the party , resulting in the "party" tip . Von Rundstendt was made aware the British goverment refused a negotiaited peace on the day through a newspaper article . Von Kluge has already been mentioned . Who has ever heard of Beck , the only Beck ı knew before the ı started reading somewhat deeper , was a singer and her only hit has long been throughly butchered with a cover ...The Germans were fighting in France and there were signs of cracking . They , the German generals ı mean , simply could not turn on each other to ease the advance of the British Army . Western Allies thought they had a strong hand , they could wipe the floor with the Reds , though Germans had already achieved a mythical reputation , again . Somewhat startling change (?) when compared to early June , where the castration studies were hinted to prevent an all too eager response to D-Day . Understandable , Dieppe II could have been followed by a yet another miracle ; thin copper wire , hollow charge and a rocket motor work out to far too much even at 10 percent , when you fire , say , 50 000 . All would have been in vain then ; though one hastens to add certain empires were dead the moment they sold the Czechs .
principles are there to be adhered to .
