Everythings about the war was on a grand scale. the villains, from Adolf Hitler to Adolf Eichmann, were more evil than most. The feats of heroism of people such as Audie Murphy, Raoul Wallenberg, and the men who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima were truly extraordinary. The atrocities, from the Rape of Nanking to the Malmédy Massacre to the death camps, were more heinous than the crimes in any other wars. The destruction, from the firebombing of Dresden to the razing of Warsaw to the incineration of Hiroshima, was more devastating than in any conflict before or since.