Many students of German conduct during World War II are puzzled by the paradox of the Nazis handling of the war against Russia. On the one hand the Nazis had a remarkably competent war fighting organization, while on the other hand they failed to capitalize on opportunities to liberate the Ukraine and convert defecting Soviet units to their cause. The problem was that the Nazis were entrapped by the very thing that enabled them. Their racist, atrocity based denial of the humanity of their enemies made their forces powerful in battle, while it simultaneously prevented them from treating anyone other than an Aryan as a human being. Initially the Ukrainian people greeted the Nazis as liberators, and Soviet forces surrendered en masse, but they soon began to realize that there was something that was even worse than Stalinist Russia. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, On Killing tipyomi-sender.appspot/showtip/Sheepdog%20Tip%20of%20the%20Day/During%20Combat/174
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