The Nazi's died for what they believed in but they don't deserve a shred of honor.
There is a great book called "What it is like to go to war." It is outstanding. It covers that topic really well.
"However, the warrior has to be very careful about whom the politicians make out to be devils. We have chosen sides with limited information and limited self knowledge. Many decent Germans ended up sacrificing everything fighting for a government that was murdering millions in concentration camps and saying it was defending their fellow countrymen against the onslaught of Bolshevism and "international Jewry." For myself and many other Americans, a generation later, we ended up fighting for a government that was napalming villages to defend the shoppers back home against the evils of "international Communism." These "devils" begin to look suspiciously similar-and spurious. it is precisely along these lines that I became appalled at the rhetoric that came out of Washington in support of going to war in Iraq and Afghanistan. I supported going after Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, but most terrorists aren't devils-they're simply just horribly ignorant people who got riled up casting our side as devils." (Karl marlantes, What it is Like to go to war)
As a side note, I feel that
everyone needs to read this book. Especially if you have ever been in combat or are preparing to join the military. That way, we know what we are sending these kids to go do when we go to war. It will make it easier for them when they come home and easier for us to help them.