Lyric discussion by ntwjones 

Yes, clearly it's about the army dehumanising soldiers so they cease to think for themselves, but at the same time they are normal people, they may have committed atrocities but they still love their wives. I'm not sure though it's specifically about the Nazis, it could just as easily be US troops in Vietnam or British troops in any part of the empire.

@ntwjones 13 years late, but I read an article where Ian Curtis said it was about East Germans in Mozabique.

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