'That absolutely glorious way of looking at things differently. I fell down a hatchway').įilled with bathos, pathos and gales of ribald laughter, this is a barely sane helping of military goonery and superlative Milliganese. Quote Investigator: In 1971 Spike Milligan published Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, the first volume of a seven-volume memoir recounting his. No ammunition') to the landing at Algiers in 1943 ('I closed my eyes and faced the sun. Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall (Spike Milligan War Memoirs) Paperback by Spike Milligan (Author) 3,332 ratings Book 1 of 7: Milligan Memoirs See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 3.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover from 9.29 6 Used from 9.29 2 Collectible from 14. 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. I searched every compartment, but he wasn't on the train. gave me a travel warrant, a white feather and a picture of Hitler marked "This is your enemy". 'I'm too young to go,' I screamed as Military Policemen dragged me from my pram, clutching a dummy.
It was a proud day for the Milligan family as I was taken from the house. 'Close in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command of the profound art of nonsense' Guardian Spike Milligan, quote from Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall The die was cast. 'The most irreverent, hilarious book about the war that I have ever read' Sunday Express Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo Volume one of Spike Milligan's legendary memoirs is a hilarious, subversive first-hand account of WW2 Spike Milligan (19182002) was a famous British comedian, poet, writer and musician.
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