people and to their keen sense of discipline. But if it were not, the Regime would probably still be able to anticipate and crush such opposition before the German people or the outside world was aware of what had happened. 8. The interaction of military on civilian morale and vice versa is of vital importance in assessing German morale as a whole. At present there are only slight indications that anxiety regarding the state of affairs in Germany is having any effect on the fighting qualities of the German armed forces as a whole.