Comments by "Simon Nonymous" (@Simon_Nonymous) on "Why the German Army failed in the West 43-44" video.

I think this is a good question, even though my own answer would be that the differences that led to defeat or victory were not ideological ones. The Germans were determined to sweep the Allies back off the invasion beaches for instance if Meyer is quoted correctly. but perhaps the factors that made them lose in the west were not the same factors that lost them the war in the east. The only genuine factor I can think of is that surrender on the western front was thinkable, but trying to surrender on the eastern front ... I am not sure how much difference this made to outcomes but again, it's a good question.
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@M. J. I do agree - all sides tried to do it. The interesting thing for me is how varied the results were, and I think it would be fair to say that Nazi attitudes towards the peoples in the east was somewhat different to attitudes and behaviours in the west (most of the time), and this showed in how their soldiers fought. But I don't think it won or lost Ger,any many battles.
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