[TAdams8591]

"But I love my country so much I can never understand her bewilderment in that pride."

Is it that Germans are not so proud of their country, the reason you suggest, or that THEIR opinion of the U.S. is so low, the Germans couldn't imagine that our opinion of America would be any different and certainly not so different that we would have such pride in our country and our troops?

[PoliticsAndSausages]

I guess it's mainly that most Germans' opinion of 'the troops' and 'our country' is influenced by the history of our troops and our country. Most of them just did their duty, and we all know where that went. Obviously doing your duty isn't enough then, and nothing to cheer about.

Also, Nazi Germany was pretty big on military marches, parades and 'Deutschland über alles'. That is why most Germans like to keep a distance to stuff like that and tend to be a little frightened or bewildered about that kind of mass displays of Patriotism, Nationalism and Chauvinism.