Soldiers in the German army weren’t all Nazis. Nazis were members of the German political party in power at the time. Don’t they teach you anything in tankie school?
The vast majority of the Wehrmacht were politically aligned with, and agreed with the goals of, the NSDAP. They participated in the crimes of the NSDAP. It is extremely common to call such people “Nazis” and always has been, and you know this perfectly well. The distinction you are trying to make is one that was only ever popular within the Reich. I do not feel any obligation to talk about Nazi Germany the way Hitler would prefer I do, but apparently that’s an important consideration for you.
That many “rank and file” Nazis were not prosecuted at Nuremberg is a miscarriage of justice, not proof that the Nuremberg defense was valid for them.
Soldiers in the German army weren’t all Nazis. Nazis were members of the German political party in power at the time. Don’t they teach you anything in tankie school?
The vast majority of the Wehrmacht were politically aligned with, and agreed with the goals of, the NSDAP. They participated in the crimes of the NSDAP. It is extremely common to call such people “Nazis” and always has been, and you know this perfectly well. The distinction you are trying to make is one that was only ever popular within the Reich. I do not feel any obligation to talk about Nazi Germany the way Hitler would prefer I do, but apparently that’s an important consideration for you.