Wolfram Wette, a supposedly preeminent german historian, released a book titled The Wehrmacht, History, Myth, Reality.
From the little I've gathered, the main idea of said book is that the Wehrmarcht willingly took part in the various atrocities committed by Germany during WWII. The high command knew what was going on, and the rank-and-files soldier often directly helped the SS in their sick duty.
I haven't read the book yet (it has just been translated from German to French), but to me, it's more or less what I've always been thinking. The whole 'German soldiers fought bravely and shouldn't be blamed for what Hitler did' argument we repeatedly hear - often on this forum - has always sounded like a pill of junk.
Whenever a country does something wrong during a conflict, we always blame the national army. But when it comes to Germany, we're told the most unbelievable slaughter ever committed by mankin is the deed of a small minority of nazi nutjobs? The Imperial army, on the other hand, is rightfully blamed for all the atrocities committed by Japan in China and eastern Asia (though Japan has some issues admitting it, but that's another topic).
Note that this topic isn't aimed at offending german people. I'm just sometimes baffled by the whole WW2-Wehmarcht-is-so-awesome crazyness going on on the internet. The Shoah, and the numerous other slaughters committed by Germany between 1939 and 1945 wouldn't have been possible without the Wehrmacht's approval and help.
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