If you'd like an interesting account of the war from the eyes of an avergae German family, read the letters of Ernst and Irene Guicking.
Ernst was a professional enlisted soldier in the Wehrmacht, beginning the war 8th Regiment, 38th Infantry Division. He would participate in all major Campaigns, starting in Poland, the the Invasion of France, And the Soviet Union, fighting until the very end of the War. He would demobilize in the field, and return home, never having been a POW. An amazing feat, considering the death rate of enlisted soldiers that were in the Army on Sept, 1 1939 was over 90% by War's end. (Officer's was almost 60%)
They donated over 1800 letters to the "Feldpost Projekt", which is like our "Letters Home" rememberance Programs. http://www.museumsstiftung.de/feldpost/brief.html?action=detail&what=letter&id=1283