I'll be honest, this whole "the war was glorious, glorious!! If only we could have set aside that whole Jewie Jew Jew Bee killing business.... ah, what a great war..." makes me very squeamish. It honestly comes off like a backdoor way to justify the holocaust to say "well let's examine the war alone, and treat the holocaust as separate." Whether that is the INTENTION or not, I could not say as I do not know any of you personally.

Even treating the holocaust itself separately, the ideology was still evil. The Totalitarian nature of German authority over conquered states and citizens, forcing political opposition to work in labor camps or the army (or sent to death camps). These things cannot be separated out from the war because the imperialist war, the indiscriminate targetting of civilians, the totalitarian crackdowns and the holocaust were all symptoms of the same disease, Nazi ideology.

Even if it could be proved that the whole Jewish holocaust aspect never happened, or was totally separate, or conducted by a totally different group of the nazi party who kept it totally secret from the major Nazi leadership (who wouldn't have approved, because of it wasting military resources, in the fantasy scenario that you Panzer and Alexander are drawing out in theoretical), the wars still would not have been justified, Nazi methods would not have been honorable, and Nazi administration would not have been vindicated. IMHO.

It sounds like a very very "go far" stretch to try to turn WWII inside out, rearrange some of the entrails, cut off the smelly head, remove the icky gall bladder, and then say "see? The Germans waged a pretty noble, honorably fought war."