[lookout123]

i didn't say that all germans were evil. i didn't say any germans were evil. what i said is that the german people, before anyone else, had the ability to prevent the war, that made D-Day a necessity. i think the german soldier who fought honorably should be remembered. i just don't know that normandy was the right place to have them.

as far as the butchering? well, glad to see you get your info from the movies. i actually expected that you would have cited a few historical works to support it, but it isn't necessary.

soldier's on both sides generally fought in an honorable manner. not because they thought there would be written rules just a few years later, but because each soldier was ruled by their own conscience. but don't kid yourself - they didn't fight based on an iron-clad set of rules. they did what ever needed to be done to accomplish the mission at hand. some of the things they did qualify as atrocities today. at the time they saw what they did as necessary for the cause and they weren't worried about some camera crew or international courts. Lt Col West (the guy who fired the weapon near the prisoner's head) would not have even been given a second thought during that time period. mission first. all else second.