On the Eastern Front of World War II, mass graves of German troops buried some of the dead from the front lines every day on the battlefield. The losses and casualties of German soldiers increased month by month on the Eastern Front.

     In the mass graves of German troops on the Eastern Front of World War II, some of the dead bodies of the front lines were buried every day on the battlefield. The losses and casualties of German soldiers increased month by month on the Eastern Front. Soon the surviving Germans had neither the time nor the luxury of collecting the corpses of their fellow Germans. The shock of a group of German infantrymen witnessing the impact of a German mass grave reflected not only differences in character, but also differences in war experience.

   The fighting on the Eastern Front in World War II constituted the greatest military conflict in history.Unprecedented ferocity, massive destruction, mass deportations, and enormous loss of life due to fighting, starvation, exposure, disease, and massacres broke out. Of the estimated 70 to 85 million deaths from World War II, approximately 40 million died on the Eastern Front. The Eastern Front became the battleground that determined the outcome of the European front in World War II. The Soviet Red Army inflicted overwhelming damage and casualties on Nazi Germany and the Axis forces. The Axis forces included German and further allied forces such as Finland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Italy. American and British forces, which did not engage in military action on the Eastern Front, provided substantial military material support to the Soviet Red Army.

   Most Germans and German soldiers believed they were fighting and suffering for their country. Now, on the European front of World War II, which ended on May 8, 1945, the truth was revealed. It was all futile and pointless. We were serving the inhuman purposes of a criminal leadership. Exhausted and helpless, they were stricken with a new sense of insecurity. Would their own relatives still be found? What is the point of rebuilding in the ruins of Germany? Reflecting on their dark past, the Germans looked to an uncertain and bleak future.