If one studies Hitler's life, by the way, it's quite clear that the very idea of surrender was utterly repugnant to him and his entire political movement...and that was primarily because of the deep humiliation and bitterness those people experienced in their youth when Germany lost WWI and was subjected to the very harsh terms in the Treaty of Versailles.

They couldn't bear the thought of reliving that moment, so surrender for many of them was simply unthinkable. A fair number of German soldiers and civilians commited suicide in the last days of the war (in some cases because of their deep fear of the Russians, in some cases simply out of despair).

Figure it this way. Suppose the USA or Britain lost a great war in the future with, say, the Russians or Chinese...were made by the victors to disband their armed forces and had to dismantle their traditional form of government when the war ended...and also got blamed totally for the entire thing and severly punished economically and politically for about the next 10 to 20 years. (which is what happened to the Germans after WWI)

Just suppose. How would a great many of the young British and American servicemen, the generation who fought in that lost war, feel about it? Would they swear "Never Again!" and "No surrender next time...no capitulation to the Russians and Chinese!". Would they look for a chance to even the score?

I bet they would feel just like that. It's a typical human response, given national pride and patriotic feeling.