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>of course after France was conquered in 6 weeks the Germans fell for warmongering enthusiasm hook, line and sinker
There's one anecdotal report, when moving to the Soviet borders a soldier was asked where are they going and he said "to die." So the spirit of irony was still around at least in some form.
The Reich was lying about its foreign policies all the time. Like before the invasion they were spreading the information and assuring Europe that the USSR has promised to give Ukraine to the Reich to secure food for Europe: something the German Empire was dreaming about back in the day.