Hitler's Army: Soldiers, Nazis, And War In The ... Instant

: The Wehrmacht maintained order through draconian punishments, executing approximately 15,000 of its own soldiers for minor infractions. This internal brutality mirrored and encouraged the external atrocities committed against civilians.

: Many soldiers had grown up in the Hitler Youth , making them pre-conditioned to accept the regime's genocidal worldview. Hitler's Army: Soldiers, Nazis, and War in the ...

: Through propaganda and indoctrination, soldiers came to view the war as a crusade of "Western civilization" against "subhuman" Bolsheviks and Jews. Critical Takeaways for Readers executing approximately 15