Just to clarify my own position, I have no problem with remembering those who died in war - especially in World War 2 where it really was a fight against an evil regime.
And on the 2nd point, I was meaning that Germans will not have agreed with what they were fighting for. The Sound of Music -...
I don't disagree with you, but I would guess that they were trying to acknowledge that innocent people (i.e. women and children) are the victims of war in the aggressor countries as well.
The thought also occurs that many people involved in the fighting might have been doing so unwillingly and...