Essentially it is argued that the increasing barbarization of the heavy legions weakened weaponry, training, morale and military effectiveness in the long run. Il est essentiellement avancé que cet accroissement a affaibli l'armement, le moral, l'entraînement et l'efficacité militaire.
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The Eastern Front, 1941-1945: German Troops and the Barbarization of Warfare, Palgrave Macmillan, 2001 "Historians on the Eastern Front Andreas Hillgruber and Germany's Tragedy" pages 325-345 from Tel Aviver Jahrbuch für deutsche Geschichte, Volume 16, 1987 Hitler's Army: Soldiers, Nazis, and War in the Third Reich, Oxford Paperbacks, 1992 Hitlers Wehrmacht. The Eastern Front, 1941-1945: German Troops and the Barbarization of Warfare, Palgrave Macmillan, 2001. « Historians on the Eastern Front Andreas Hillgruber and Germany's Tragedy », dans Tel Aviver Jahrbuch für deutsche Geschichte, volume 16, 1987, pp. 325-345.
