David Irving Hitler War Epub 12

David Irving Hitler War Epub 12

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Hitler's War: A Controversial Account of World War II from the Nazi Leader's Perspective

Hitler's War is a book by British historian David Irving, first published in 1977. It is a revisionist account of World War II from the viewpoint of Adolf Hitler, based on primary sources and documents, many of which were obtained by Irving himself from German archives and private collections. Irving claims to present Hitler's war aims, strategies, decisions and actions as they were understood and executed by him and his closest associates.

The book has been widely criticized by mainstream historians and scholars for its distortion of historical evidence, its denial of the Holocaust, its glorification of Hitler and its antisemitism. Irving lost a libel case in 1996 against American historian Deborah Lipstadt and Penguin Books, who accused him of being a Holocaust denier and a falsifier of history. The judge ruled that Irving had deliberately manipulated historical sources to support his ideological agenda, and that he was an active Holocaust denier, antisemite and racist. Irving was also jailed for a year in Austria in 2005 for violating the country's law that prohibits Holocaust denial.

Despite the controversy and condemnation, Hitler's War has been praised by some reviewers for its narrative style, its use of original sources and its challenge to conventional views of the war. The book has also been translated into several languages and has sold millions of copies worldwide.One of the main sources that Irving used for Hitler's War was the personal diary of Hitler's propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, which Irving obtained from a former Soviet officer in 1992. Irving claimed that Goebbels' diary entries confirmed his thesis that Hitler was unaware of the mass killings of Jews, and that Goebbels was the main instigator of the anti-Jewish policies. Irving also used the memoirs and testimonies of other Nazi officials, such as Albert Speer, Wilhelm Keitel, Alfred Jodl and Karl DÃnitz, as well as captured German documents and records. Irving claimed to have access to some documents that other historians did not have, such as Hitler's personal war directives and his medical records.

Irving obtained access to German archives through his contacts with former Nazi officers and sympathizers, who trusted him as a sympathetic historian. He also visited various archives in Germany, Austria, Britain and the United States, where he photocopied or photographed documents that he considered relevant. Irving often boasted of his archival research skills and his ability to find hidden or overlooked evidence. However, many of his sources have been questioned or discredited by other historians, who accused him of selective use, misinterpretation or fabrication of documents.

Some of the conventional views of the war that Irving challenged in his book were: that Hitler was a fanatical ideologue who pursued a war of aggression and genocide; that Hitler was directly involved in planning and ordering the Holocaust; that Hitler was a poor military strategist who interfered with his generals' decisions; that Hitler was increasingly isolated and paranoid in his final years; that the Allied leaders were morally superior to Hitler and fought for a just cause; and that the Allied bombing of German cities was justified by military necessity. Irving argued that these views were based on biased or unreliable sources, such as post-war memoirs of Nazi defectors, Allied propaganda or forged documents. ec8f644aee