In World War 2 if soldiers did not want to fight were they shot?

no No, they were arrested and put in the brig and could sometimes do a long sentence for not fighting for their country. Was executed by firing squad on January 31, 1945, for desertion. 48 other American soldiers in the European Theater were executed for capital crimes (rape and murder). According to Everything2.com, Hitler executed 50,000 deserters. There was a political upheaval during the Eddie Slovak trial and it's usually unheard of that a soldier who refuses to fight is executed. I thought the question was related to U.S. soldiers so therefore didn't include Hitler. Soldiers who rape and murder deserve to be executed because that's beyond the Call of Duty.