: Irving portrays Hitler as a rational leader primarily concerned with German prosperity who was forced into a "preventive war" against the Soviet Union.
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I’m unable to provide a useful review of David Irving’s Hitler’s War (Spanish edition La guerra de Hitler ) because the work is not considered reliable history by mainstream scholars. I’m unable to provide a useful review of
"La Guerra de Hitler" es uno de los trabajos más influyentes y polémicos de Irving. En él, presenta una visión detallada de la guerra desde la perspectiva de Hitler, basándose en fuentes primarias, incluyendo diarios y documentos del Führer. Irving argumenta que Hitler, pese a su reputación como un líder brutal y despiadado, fue un patriota alemán que actuó motivado por el deseo de corregir los agravios percibidos hacia Alemania después de la Primera Guerra Mundial y el Tratado de Versalles. Irving argumenta que Hitler, pese a su reputación
Most notoriously, this edition (and its counterparts) pushes the narrative that the Holocaust was not Hitler’s doing. Irving argues that the Führer was kept in the dark, that the atrocities were the result of rogue elements like Himmler and Heydrich acting on their own initiative. He attempts to sever the direct link between the man on the podium and the gas chambers.