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Private Hitler's War, 1914–1918 (Eyewitnesses from The Great War) Kindle Edition

by Bob Carruthers (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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During the Great War Adolf Hitler served in the ranks of the 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment from 1914 to 1918, and was awarded the Iron Cross. In later years, under the masterful control of Doctor Goebbels, Hitler was successfully portrayed by the Nazis as a valiant front-line soldier who, for four long years, had fought many hard battles in the front-line of trenches.The world has long accepted the Nazi version, and Hitler is often referred to as a Corporal, but a series of clues remained which pointed to an alternative version of the truth. Even at the zenith of his power, Hitler was always mindful that there were those who maintained that, far from being a brave front-line fighter, he was actually a fraud; a draft-dodger and rear area malingerer who in four years of war had only ever fought in one action.Hitler knew the uncomfortable truth. The Nazi machine acted ruthlessly and former colleagues such as Hans Mend, who didn't toe the party line, soon ended up in concentration camps.Now, almost a century later, as a result of a series of painstaking investigations, the producers of the ground-breaking documentary Private Hitler's War have resolved the century long controversy over Hitler's service in the Great War. This powerful documentary tie-in book finally turns the Nazi myth on its head and reveals the full unvarnished truth concerning Adolf Hitler's actions in the Great War.
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Bob Carruthers is an Emmy Award winning author and historian, who has written extensively on the Great War. A graduate of Edinburgh University, Bob is the author of a number of military history titles including the Amazon best seller The Wehrmacht in Russia.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00ZGOZGI6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Military (May 2, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 2, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 20522 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 161 pages
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hait-an-koris
5.0 out of 5 stars Illuminating ?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 16, 2016
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Story of some one who could reckon the odds insightfull read
On the genesis of cruelty ? Solitary in ones own mad world awaiting the inevitable fall
Story of a little man who went on to do unbelievable things any means to an inevitable end
A small glimmer of light into a very dark place
Read all quiet on the western front first a book banned by the subject of this book by an author exiled from nazi germany could not read this without seeing repeated ly the images from erich maria remarques classic
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stanretoma
4.0 out of 5 stars Informative
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 12, 2019
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In similar vein, Mr Carruthers has a photo-book published by Pen & Sword that covers much of this book’s material (ISBN: 9781473833500). Poorly bound it does add something extra to the story.

This book is a little repetitive in places but importantly it stresses the view (regularly) that Hitler was not a rear-area coward. His medals would appear sufficient evidence to that fact. The book highlights - too briefly, but it is not an academic paper - where it stands with other similar books. Is it ironic that Carruthers (a Brit) leans towards Hitler being a brave, conscientious soldier whereas German author Thomas Weber (‘Hitler’s First War’) leans the other way?

I enjoyed the book but would have enjoyed more. Perhaps a new addition could include Hitler’s second visit to Flanders in particular. It might also include a not-too extensive comment on Hitler being shaped as a man in war and his relationship with those German-Jews that served with him.

(As an aside, I highly recommend a visit to the German military cemetery at Neuville-St-Vaast, near Vimy on the D937.)
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