What Did U.S. Soldiers Really Think of German Soldiers?

What If Hitler Had Let His Generals Run the War After 1940? What did the American soldier really think of the man in the field-grey uniform across the wire? Not the newsreel version, not the propaganda poster villain with a monocle and a sneer, but the actual German soldier who dug the foxhole fifty yards away, who fired the machine gun that pinned a platoon down for six hours, who surrendered with his hands raised and a photograph of his children in his breast pocket. For four years, from the sands of North Africa to the ruins of the Ruhr, millions of American GIs formed opinions about their enemy that were far more complicated than anything printed in a government pamphlet. Some of those opinions were shaped by terror. Some were shaped by grudging respect. 📺 Watch the entire video for more information! _________________________________________________________________ 💼 Business Inquiries and Contact • For business inquiries, copyright matters or other inquiries please contact us at: [email protected]. ❓ Copyright Questions • If you have any copyright questions or issues you can contact us at [email protected]. ⚠️ Copyright Disclaimers • We use images and content in accordance with the YouTube Fair Use copyright guidelines • Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phono records or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.” • This video could contain certain copyrighted video clips, pictures, or photographs that were not specifically authorised to be used by the copyright holder(s), but which we believe in good faith are protected by federal law and the fair use doctrine for one or more of the reasons noted above.