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true, many germans did see that as a kind of liberation. however, that was mainly a liberation from the grip of war itself and not necessarily from hitler. i defy anyone to prove that the german people would have abandoned nazism had the war gone their way. additionally, any german soldier who would have viewed allied victory as a liberation wouldn't have made the sacrifices we honor our men making on VE day.
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This is a gross generalization... I know, personally, many Germans that saw it as a liberation from Hitler and not just the war... To ask if the German poeple would have abandoned Nazism is like asking if the Iraqis would abandon the Baathist regime. Since when do "the people" have a choice in removing a dictatorship... very, very rarely.
As for the soldier... nazis are one thing, regular German forces are another...