Hot take: Wehrmacht fought a defensive war. Everyone fights a defensive war.

Wehrmacht tried to defend and secure the future of Arian race, they defended themselves against a perceived threat of Jews overrunning them.

English, while fighting fiercely against Germans, still militarily held their colony in India, protecting the interests of the crown.

Israeli army is now committing genocide, repeatedly and casually doing war crimes - in the name of protection, of course.

Every army, given the chance, will claim defensive interest in the war that's to come. That's why biggest war aggressor countries have Ministries of Defence, not Ministries of Offence.

There are all kinds of institutions out there that can help mediate demilitarization. Yet leaders of many countries don't want that, and we should force them to do so - primarily through the inside democratic pressure, whenever possible.