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Hayden Logston prieš 2 mėnesius (redaguota) As an American I really appreciate these insights into the German prospective. At the end of the day all of these mens lives had value and it was such a waste on both sides. Both sides believed in their cause and to them that was worth putting your life on the line. I grew up with men like this. 8 uncles in the war and 7 saw combat. Luckily all came home some with wounds all had events happen that left a mark on them. One uncle piloted landing craft in the pacific and had 3 boats shot out from under him. One fought through Europe and during the occupation of Germany was billeted with a German family who had lost their son in the war. Strangely enough they became life long friends and my uncle helped support this family the rest of there lives.

Ian McConnell prieš 2 mėnesius Very Interesting to listen to the insights of the German soldiers who were in defensive positions on the beaches. My father was on Juno beach at Bernier sur Mer. How German propaganda was successful and had the soldiers believing they were defending France and a "unified Europe" against the invading Allies. The German soldiers surprise at the ferocity of the Allied soldiers. Also, the terminology was revealing, "enforced labor" was actually slave labor. The degree that luck played in whether you lived or died, one inch, either way, made the difference between life or death. We must remember this was just ~10 years after 1944, so it would have been still fairly clear in their minds what had happened. a lot of work went into this.

Dan Heiberg prieš 3 mėnesius I very much enjoyed this audiobook. Nice to hear what the other side thoughts and actions were. There were very brave soldiers on both sides. Both sides agree war is a true horror. I agree, any cinematic creation of DDay is an insult to those that experienced that day and days that followed.

John Fitzpatrick prieš 2 mėnesius This is absolutely brilliant storytelling from voices we've not previously heard. I've been a student of WWII all my life, because my father flew B-17's against the Axis as a 22 year-old. But now I find myself feeling very sorry for the horrific experiences of these "enemies".

Charlie Boffin prieš 3 mėnesius Thank you to Mr Eckhert for the sensible questions asked that make this very interesting to listen to , also for adding a postcript that does answer the issue of the theme of defending a united Europe etc. Accounts also reaffirm the ineffectiveness of the preliminary Ariel bombardments on all beach sectors . Thank you for posting this .

Dr J. R. Cooper, PhD prieš 2 mėnesius (redaguota) Absolutely fascinating! I was speaking to an American, an infantryman, who fought in Europe during 1944-45. (My father also served in WW2 & carried a "Thompson gun".) But all these years later, when seeing someone "who understood war", this polite, kind old gentleman developed a fire in his eye & a strength in his voice that was fascinating. WW2 is STILL very real to him. It also struck me how these men saw themselves as protectors...Goebbels was very effective. I also noticed the description of the use of conscripts/slave-labor and locals, and how it shocked them that ppl "who were like us could hate us so." I'm not trying to be rude or cruel, and I know antisemitism & other biases were encouraged among the Axis powers. Also, (sadly) such attitudes were very common globally... But even 10 years after the war, with even after denazification, the Nuremberg Trials & knowing about the crimes against humanity, these men apparently hadn't altered their views. But possibly the fact they were speaking to another soldier of "The Reich" had more to do with this. I have already recommended this video & the book to others! MY ONLY RECOMMENDATION?? Switch to another picture every 20 minutes or so. Leaving one image on a screen for this long is not good for the TV/computer/ whatever. I ended up returning my screen off after an hour.

Wild Mountain Gwendy prieš 3 mėnesius (redaguota) I’ve been waiting for this one, thank you! I’m glad to read this..many people see the generation of the young men who fought this brutal war as the ones who ‘started it’...consider this...the young men who fought and died in the Wehrmacht were what? Largely between the ages of 7-13 when H and his N’s came into power in 1933. IT WAS THEIR PARENTS AND THE WWI GENERATION who brought this disaster upon their own children, and the WWI generation who got away with their ‘honor’ in tact as their children suffered, fought, died, were literally emotionally, spiritually and physically torn apart and then were left to rot after the war as everyone sought to forget them, including their own parents. What did these young boys receive for their parents’ votes and actions? They received a militarized boyscout program, indoctrination and mind programming, unable to have an opinion or question, unable to ‘see’ the wider world for what it was. I have tremendous empathy for this generation, destroyed by war. I have empathy for all the victims of this war, to include the young men of the German army, which as children were one of N-Germany’s first victims. Remember, it can happen again, in any nation, at any time if a people lose their humility to understand that their nation is not immune to a descent into darkness. It happened before the N’s, it has happened since (think Pol Pot and the Killing Fields) and it WILL happen again...far right, far left, it doesn’t matter.:.BEWARE THE EXTREMES. ‘To discover whether you live in a dictatorship, simply determine if there is anyone that you are not allowed to criticize’ ....Voltaire ‘Those who are made to believe absurdities, can be made to commit atrocities.’ ...Voltaire

David Lincoln prieš 1 mėnesį My family came through New York from Germany way before the war. My grandfather went to visit Germany as a teen during the 1930s... He was drafted and sent to the south pacific during the war. He experienced Nazi Germany before the war and was hassled by Hitler youth.. He ended up running a brig in the South Pacific for American servicemen who had committed crimes...

Amorphic Spirit prieš 2 mėnesius My grandfathers both born in Germany fought in WW2, however, my grandfather on my mother's side left Germany for America just prior to Hitlers rise. He joined the US Army and fought against the fatherland Nazism. My grandfather on my father's side fought for Germany. Both survived the war. So I have a unique perspective on the war and how it unfolded.