Martin Lee, in his fascinating book, The Beast Reawakens, revealed that "there had never really been a clean break from the Nazi past, given that the original leadership of the West German Bundeswehr was recruited directly from the upper echelons of Hitler's army. (Only 3 out of 217 Bundeswehr generals in 1976 WERE NOT THIRD REICH VETERANS, and thirty-seven military bases in the Bonn Republic were named after soldiers who made their reputations during the Hitler years" (p. 286, emphasis mine).
The Resurgence of NAZI GERMANY
The Resurgence of NAZI GERMANY
