EpisodeS0E54225 min2024-11-23
World War Two
How Allied and Nazi Generals Created the Clean Wehrmacht Myth
After the fall of the Third Reich, many of Hitler’s generals are convicted as war criminals by the Allies and condemned to prison and disgrace. Yet, within a few years, the Western Powers embrace them Cold War partners against the Soviet Union. In this new alliance, they rewrite history and create the enduring myth of the ‘clean Wehrmacht’.