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: The Wehrmacht maintained order through draconian punishments, executing approximately 15,000 of its own soldiers for minor infractions. This internal brutality mirrored and encouraged the external atrocities committed against civilians.

Bartov argues that the Wehrmacht was not merely a professional military but a fully politicized arm of the Nazi state. According to Bartov , the army became "Hitler's Army" through several reinforcing processes, especially during the war on the Eastern Front : Hitler's Army: Soldiers, Nazis, and War in the ...

: Many soldiers had grown up in the Hitler Youth , making them pre-conditioned to accept the regime's genocidal worldview. executing approximately 15

: The book uses personal letters and diaries to show that average soldiers, not just elite SS units, were deeply involved in war crimes . not just elite SS units