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Why does Captain Mainwaring see the Germans as inept and cowardly?
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Mainwaring sees the Germans as inept and cowardly because he believes they are. Mainwaring's character flaws, however, are presented in a comical rather than a spiteful manner and there is often a sympathetic subtext to his own personal neuroses; it is apparent several times that he devotes his energies to his Home Guard unit for a sense of comradeship and purpose lacking in other parts of his life, such as his career and marriage.