Please, don't make everyone laugh. No one "invaded" Germany. They might not have known about the "final solution" but they SURE AS HELL KNEW THAT FRANCE, HOLLAND, BRITIAN, POLAND, ETC., ETC. DID NOT ATTACK THEM FIRST AND THAT THEY WERE THE AGRESSORS!
That may be, but they were taken captive on the battlefield. The issue is not who invaded whom, the original issue was whether or not it is appropriate to honor German POW war dead.
My response remains the same. It is American tradition to honor combatants who serve honorably on the battlefield when they have served their country honorably; regardless of which their country is. It is part of the larger tradition of honor among soldiers that has been handed down for hundreds of years. American soldiers have been taught from the time that they enter basic training that they are expected to fight as long as their enemy does and, as soon as their enemy ceases fighting, they are to stop fighting as well. The object of battle is to force your enemy to capitulate, not humiliate them. And, in death, the same holds true.
Those German POWs may not have been Americans, but they served their country honorably and they belong to the band of soldiers that every soldier belongs to.