re: When did the German soldiers of WWII realize they were the 'bad guys'?

No...just no! Have you not heard that men and teenaged boys of the CSA gleefully signed up to fight with the sole purpose of perpetuating the institution of slavery? I mean, you act like their were home guards in Southern States whose sole mission was to coerce Southern men to "enlist" under threat of their homes and farms being destroyed if they didn't. You act like 90% of North Georgia mountain men and their State representatives did not vote against secession and didn't even own slaves. You act like they didn't just want to avoid the conflict and that they they were beaten like a dog by Home Guard troops if they didn't report to be mustered into a regiment that they had "enlisted" into a few weeks prior.

You are fake news! They ALL wanted to fight a war to protect and perpetuate a system in which they had no skin in the game. This gibberish about being forced under threat of punishment to fight for the homeland is absurd. Where do you people come up with these ideas? Probably some stupid history books and archived documents that were faked!