 While still valuable sources, they tended to be self-serving; German generals, in particular, tried to distance themselves and the "Heer" as a whole away from the Nazi Party, while at the same time blaming them for their defeat (individuals supporting these arguments are commonly called part of the 'Hitler Lost Us The War' group).While this self-serving approach was noticed at the time, it was still generally accepted as the closest version of the truth.The end result was a commonly held picture of the "Heer" being the superior army, ground down by the vast numbers of the 'Bolshevik horde' and betrayed by the stupidity of Hitler.