This would be a difficult conversation when you bring up rank, as I saw a lot of people incompetent people in positions of authority in the military telling me what to do.
The US did not win a war in WWII Europe, it was a collective accomplishment. Over fifty million people died. It was a loss for everybody. Hittler was clearly crazy and also committed the biggest military blunder in history by sending his troops into Russia with a no retreat order in the winter. The number of German soldiers who died in Russia during World War II is estimated to be between 5 and 7 million and an estimated 20 Russians died. This makes the Eastern Front the deadliest theater of war in human history.