Why read Hitler's First War?

Book cover of Hitler's First War: Adolf Hitler, the Men of the List Regiment, and the First World War

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Hitler claimed that his years as a soldier in the First World War were the most formative years of his life. However, for the six decades since his death in the ruins of Berlin, Hitler's time as a soldier on the Western Front has, remarkably, remained a blank spot. Until…

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Benjamin Carter Hett

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Weber is another outstanding and original historian. Here he takes apart all the myths that have accumulated around Hitler’s military service in the First World War, showing that Hitler was a mediocre soldier with a relatively safe job who got medals because the officers knew who he was. Weber also shows how crucial a (legendary) version of Hitler’s war service was to his rise to power.

From Benjamin's list on The best books on the legacy of the First World War.