Why Nazi Germany's Wonder Weapons Didn't Win The War Nazi Germany is one of modernity's easiest short-hands for "evil, tromping, fascist empire." Need a bad guy in a film? Toss some Nazi fodder in there. Looking for a square-jawed hero above the moral reproach of necessary violent action? Call for Indiana Jones, Captain America, Brad Pitt in "Inglourious Basterds" — heck, even Christopher Plummer in the end of "The Sound of Music" when he tears that Nazi flag in half. That meager sample reveals a lot about our preoccupation with the militaristic side of World War II, the side where...