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

: 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

: Traditional military cohesion usually relies on small groups of comrades. On the Eastern Front, high casualty rates constantly broke these groups , leaving Nazi ideology as the primary remaining bond for the soldiers. Hitler's Army: Soldiers, Nazis, and War in the ...

Bartov argues that the Wehrmacht was not merely a professional military but a fully politicized arm of the Nazi state. According to Bartov , the army became "Hitler's Army" through several reinforcing processes, especially during the war on the Eastern Front : : Through propaganda and indoctrination, soldiers came to