I really admire the Axis commanders who went to great lengths to bring their troops from the Eastern Front far enough to the West to surrender to Brits and Americans; while there has been some griping about their treatment, for the most part they were OK and would survive. On the other hand, of the 200K Axis troops that surrendered at Stalingrad, only 5k were ever seen again by their families.
The best generals of WW II were German. Too bad they had the worst leader who thought he was smarter. Then again if Germany had Obama as their leader, we would all be speaking Russian today. Take the best military men you have, and remove them. Its like the USSR during the 30’s without the final solution as to what to do with those high ranking military types. We had a few great commanders, but nothing like the Prussian types who served in the German Army. Their biggest down fall was they couldn’t replace their lost equipment as fast as we could produce ours. They were over whelmed by the numbers. When Hitler asked Von Rundsted, “What do you suggest?” Von Rundstead replied; “Make peace you fool.” The Wehrmacht was no longer fighting for Hitler, it was fighting for Germany, even though they saw the end coming. I love Gen. Heinrici, I could just imagine him saying after given command of the defense of Berlin, “At this point in time, WTF do you really think I can do?