just my “WAG”, but many people enjoy military history. the honor, courage, sacrifice, bravery, are appealing across national lines.
the Germans, are “discouraged” from celebrating their own military history. not just WW2, but even WW1. so, where WOULD their military buffs go?
Civil War reenactments are some of the largest in the world. and as for why the South, that’s easy. The sterotypes of southern soldiers, even in “John Wayne” movies, shows great honor and courage even in a losing cause.
and it certainly strikes parallels to me, of the Prussian grey. Especially in things like Pickett’s Charge.
...and i also think this is more of the leftist propaganda about the Civil War was all about slavery. Even President Lincoln admitted that VERY clearly, in his (in)famous quote.
the Atlantic is wrong, when it implies the southern soldiers portrayed by the Germans were fighting for slavery.
Most were poor men, without slaves, who were fighting to defend their own land, and their own state.
frankly, i am mystified by this revisionist rewriting i’ve seen in the past decade or so, trying to make it ALL about slavery.
anyway, thanks for posting this, and letting me ramble.
Yeah, I find that annoying. Most southern soldiers didn't even own slaves.