it ical ▁climate , ▁the ▁appearance ▁of ▁German ▁military ▁sources ▁which ▁v ind ic ated ▁their ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁conflict , ▁and ▁support ▁of ▁this ▁effort ▁by ▁the ▁American ▁military . ▁Such ▁works ▁" emph as ized ▁love ▁of ▁family , ▁prof essions ▁of ▁Christian ity , ▁char ity ▁toward ▁the ▁enemy , ▁and ▁hero ic ▁self - s ac rifice , ▁[ while ▁ign oring ] ▁mass ▁murder , ▁anti - part isan ▁war fare ▁( d eli ber ately ▁mis l abeled ▁by ▁the ▁Naz i ▁regime ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁as ▁' comb ating ▁band its ,' ▁or ▁Band en bek ämp f ung ), ▁property ▁conf is cation , ▁comp licity ▁in ▁forced ▁labor ▁round ups , ▁and ▁want on ▁destruction ". ▁A ▁review ▁for ▁H - Net ▁found ▁that ▁" the ▁authors ▁do ▁a ▁thorough ▁job ▁dis cred iting ▁the ▁claims ▁made ▁by ▁the ▁German ▁officers ▁in ▁their ▁mem oir s , ▁which ▁can ▁no ▁longer ▁be ▁viewed ▁as ▁even ▁minim ally ▁respect able ". ▁ ▁The ▁third ▁section ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁discuss es ▁the ▁appearance ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁generation ▁of ▁" dev ote es ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁army ▁and ▁its ▁campaign s ▁in ▁the ▁east ". ▁They ▁included ▁new ▁authors , ▁w arg aming ▁fans , ▁and ▁World ▁War   II ▁re en act ment ▁participants . ▁The ▁review ▁in ▁H - Net ▁found ▁that ▁this ▁section ▁provided ▁" ins ight ful ▁and ▁exc iting ▁research " ▁and ▁that ▁" Sm el ser ▁and ▁Dav