Arthur is trying too hard. And the stuff he's saying about why the Germans are in the war isn't fantastical, it's part of the actual propaganda intended to make them feel the good guys in this.
Ahh, so emotional. Great way to portray his struggles! Eek, this is so sad, I always feel bad for the Germans, when they are portrayed as Nazi's or evil or what have you. Most were just warriors in a war, jeez!
It's a bit more complicated than that. However the tragedy of the average German person is that he/she was in tandem both a victim and a perpetrator, and that is something their government(s) were absolutely responsible for.
Poor guy. Soldiers on all sides of every war have been fed propaganda for why they were fighting. It's never what the war is actually about. How else can you get poor teenagers to fight for the causes of rich old people?
Sadly, many Germans really felt this way! And it hard to judge too hard! Nearly every German knew a little about the atrocities that were going on (concentration camps, etc...), but like many of us, we feel powerless (or honestly, just don't want to mess up our own lives) to do anything about it!!
Yes, it's very hard to do anything about anything when atrocities are institutionalized. Even harder when y ou've been brought up to feel they're normal.
Theres also the recent book "Soldiers : German POWs on fighting, living and dying." The Brits made clandestine recordings of the conversation between German POWs.
Banes at 3:35PM, May 16, 2020
Powerful stuff! Love the visuals of the descent into...death? Despair? A bit of both?
Tantz_Aerine at 3:44PM, May 16, 2020
Possibly a bit of both, yeah. Thank you!
ashtree house at 10:40AM, July 4, 2018
Ahh, so emotional. Great way to portray his struggles! Eek, this is so sad, I always feel bad for the Germans, when they are portrayed as Nazi's or evil or what have you. Most were just warriors in a war, jeez!
ashtree house at 4:54PM, July 8, 2018
Ahh yes, my comment sounded silly lol. Sometimes It's very hard to wrap my head around, but war isn't so black and white, or good and evil.
Tantz_Aerine at 2:46PM, July 4, 2018
It's a bit more complicated than that. However the tragedy of the average German person is that he/she was in tandem both a victim and a perpetrator, and that is something their government(s) were absolutely responsible for.
Ozoneocean at 12:45AM, July 3, 2018
Down, down, down into unconsciousness... Great work on the panel design Tantz. Very clever.
Ozoneocean at 2:42AM, July 3, 2018
I fell the same way when I do it myself.
Tantz_Aerine at 2:33AM, July 3, 2018
Thank you! I'm glad it works. I'm always so nervous when I need to stray from my usual pedestrian layout. XD
usedbooks at 4:13PM, July 2, 2018
Poor guy. Soldiers on all sides of every war have been fed propaganda for why they were fighting. It's never what the war is actually about. How else can you get poor teenagers to fight for the causes of rich old people?
Tantz_Aerine at 5:06PM, July 2, 2018
Yeah, that's quite true.
KimLuster at 12:43PM, July 2, 2018
Sadly, many Germans really felt this way! And it hard to judge too hard! Nearly every German knew a little about the atrocities that were going on (concentration camps, etc...), but like many of us, we feel powerless (or honestly, just don't want to mess up our own lives) to do anything about it!!
Tantz_Aerine at 5:04PM, July 2, 2018
Yes, it's very hard to do anything about anything when atrocities are institutionalized. Even harder when y ou've been brought up to feel they're normal.
bravo1102 at 6:49AM, July 2, 2018
Theres also the recent book "Soldiers : German POWs on fighting, living and dying." The Brits made clandestine recordings of the conversation between German POWs.
bravo1102 at 8:32AM, July 2, 2018
FDR was ruled by the bolshevik Jews. Just look at the New Deal! Jewish bankers ran the bolsheviks. Henry Ford said so. ;)
Tantz_Aerine at 8:19AM, July 2, 2018
Good contribution! As for the international bolshevism... I think the US had that covered. :P
bravo1102 at 7:03AM, July 2, 2018
And of course only Germany stood against international bolshevism but that was only after 1941.