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Innocent Until Proven Guilty: The Myth of the Clean Wehrmacht

Innocent Until Proven Guilty: The Myth of the Clean Wehrmacht

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How much of the German army’s conduct during the Second World War
can really be separated from Nazi Germany’s crimes? In this episode
of Hostile History, David Borys is joined by historian Waitman
Beorn to examine one of the most persistent myths surrounding the
Second World War: the idea that the German armed forces were
largely honourable and professional, while responsibility for Nazi
atrocities rested almost exclusively with the SS. Why did the myth
emerge after the war, and why did it prove so enduring? What did
the Wehrmacht actually know, do, and tolerate? And what happens
when we separate the image of the professional soldier from the
reality of the war he was fighting? Learn more about your ad
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