The project was to assure Germany's allies that their independence would be respected after the war, and also to give impression to the Soviets and the Western Allies that all of Europe stood united in defiance, and that the Allies were not fighting for the liberation of European states, but against European unity, rendering thus American and British anti-German propaganda powerless.[11] A clear call for the confederation would also allow the Germans to recruit more men for the Waffen-SS from the occupied countries, and to force them to bolster their war effort in personal and material spheres.[12] Also, the confederation would deter the neutral countries of Europe from siding with the Allied camp.[11]