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At the end of the Second World War, every one of the major parties involved had a reason to overstate the competence of the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, and Kriegsmarine. The German population wanted the limited consolation of knowing that at least their armed forces had fought the war well, and that there’d ever been a hope of winning. The Allies would want to build up their enemy so that their accomplishment was greater and their adversary more worthy, not to mention explain all the setbacks early in the war.

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