Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall

Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1971), is the first volume of Spike Milligan's war memoirs (there are seven in total.) The presentation is an unusual format. It mixes:
- social history,
- narrative anecdotes,
- contemporary photography,
- excerpts from diaries,
- letters,
- word play,
- self-deprecating humour,
- rough sketches,
- performance programs,
- comic sketches, and
- absurd fake memoranda from ranking Nazi officials.

Spike says in the preface:
“All the salient facts are true.”

and at the end of the preface:

“There were the deaths of some of my friends, and therefore, no matter how funny I tried to make this book, that will always be at the back of my mind: but were they alive today, they would have been the first to join in the laughter, and that laughter was, I'm sure, the key to victory.”

Due to the prevailing attitudes of the time, it contains views which are racist. One book was enough for me.