Ethics of pilots fighting for the sides in WWII

[Ltbear]

its simply the "mop" syndrome. If you put a decent person into a group of not so decent, the decent person will, at the end follow the not so decents. Not because of politics not because of ethics or moral, but simply because we humans mirror the social envirement we live in. We live in groups because we are not made for solitary life.

If your life and health (Gestapo, social exclusion) requires you to be apart of the masses, you will end up doing it. Its easy to judge the Germans, but think what could/would happen to you and your family if you went against the leader of the masses.

You might not belive in the leaders words, but you follow them. Some because they want to, some because you have to. And yes, in ww2 Germany you had to, or you were dead, thats the fact...nothing else.....follow the others or end up dead.....

The German population and armed forces got told what they needed to know....and before you shoot that statement down...we have an exactly match in our world today...Not by the politics, but how you can controll the population....North Korea...

Put in the wrong situation at the wrong time many of us would do things we simply never thought we could do....

LTbear