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Adolf Hitler
- My Part in His Downfall
- Narrated by: Spike Milligan
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
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Summary
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, written and read by Spike Milligan.
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....
In this, the first of Spike Milligan's uproarious recollections of life in the army, our hero takes us from the outbreak of war in 1939 ('it must have been something we said') through his attempts to avoid enlistment ('time for my appendicitis, I thought') and his gunner training in Bexhill ('there was one drawback. No ammunition') to the landing at Algiers in 1943 ('I closed my eyes and faced the sun. I fell down a hatchway').
Filled with bathos, pathos and gales of ribald laughter, this is a barely sane helping of military goonery and superlative Milliganese.
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- WJ D.
- 26-03-21
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Great fun ,made me laugh outloud many times, reminded me of my time in the Army and that soldier humour is still the same today.
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- mark
- 05-04-17
dry, but hilarious
Can't wait to listen to the next installment, non stop one liners from start to finish.
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- Mike Bingham
- 26-08-22
Absolutely wonderful
What an excellent listen. I bought these books many years ago but to listen to them being read by the great Spike himself made it far more enjoyable. What a very funny man he was…brilliant.
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- Kindle Customer
- 13-03-24
spike
it was great to hear spike milligan remamising his war experiences. I have read his books but it was nice to listen to his words
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- Max & Mum
- 21-03-24
Spike making the most of being in the Army
I enjoyed it all. I first read this over 40 years ago and used to laugh out loud.
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- M. Hunter
- 23-02-16
Brilliant!
Love the way Spike cracks up at his own reminiscences. Seeing as you're cracking up at the same time it feels like you're sharing the joke between you.
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- rob
- 12-09-20
Brilliant
Spike Milligan was and is a genius. This autobiography about his early war years makes me wonder how Britain won! However what is most touching is hearing Spike laughing at his own memories & the experiences & bonds he built with friends.
This isn’t a book about war it’s about finding beauty & humour even in the hardest of times.
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- Rentaghost
- 13-04-16
Short and pretty sweet
A bunch of anecdotal tales of pre combat wartime fun. would have been better without Milligan's chops slapping on each sentence
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- Richard Hammond
- 07-05-17
I loved the book but
I loved the book but hearing it from spike just made it feel more real
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- YaggaMcc
- 18-01-20
Spikes War book 1
excellent ! will be getting the lot.
Not just the humour you expect but some of the horror encountered.
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