Adolf Hitler

Spike Milligan

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'At Victoria station the R.T.O. gave me a travel warrant, a white feather and a picture of Hitler marked 'This is your enemy'. I searched every compartment, but he wasn't on the train'. Spike Milligan's on the march, blitzing friend and foe alike with his uproarious recollections of army life from enlistment to the landing at Algiers in 1943. Bathos, pathos and gales of drunken laughter, and insane military goonery explode in superlative Milliganese.

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gunner1956

Had a jumping incident earlier this AM and am “hors de combat” for a few days. Fortunately, it’ll give me more time to settle down with some hard-covered friends and I have also made a fascinating discovery. Humorous and/or satirical books are absolutely brilliant (as our Brit friends love to say) when you are doped up on pain killers. I pulled “Adolf Hitler: My part in his downfall” by Spike Milligan down from my shelves after almost 30 years of collecting dust. Positively brill... more

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