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It has to be remembered that Volksgemeinschaft was the basic core of the Nazi propaganda. As such, it was used as the basis for all Nazi output to indoctrinate the German people, through formal miltary classes to newspapers, movies, music, art etc.

The effectiveness if this indoctrination can be seen in the younger generations of soldiers, especially those who went through the Hitler Youth.

A parallel form of political indoctrination was carried out by the Communists in Russia, and the Japanese military (Bushido). Like Germany, Japan wasn't naturally an aggressive society as some Allies believed but their socity had been transformed by overt and covert forms of propaganda.

Did it make for a particular form of military machine? Most certainly. Those who'd fallen under its spell, whether Germans, Russians or Japanese were willing to die for their beliefs. Did it make for them being more successful. Not necessarily. That form of indoctrination could also make for rigid military thinking. It affected the Japanese particularly because most of the high command believed in the same philosophy as the common soldier, and that limited their options and abilities to think "outside the box".