Quotes from Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall

“After Puckoon I swore I'd never write another book. This is it”
― Spike Milligan, quote from Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall

“The die was cast. It was a proud day for the Milligan family as I was taken from the house. "I'm too young to go," I screamed as Military Policemen dragged me from my pram, clutching a dummy. 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. At 4.30, June 2nd, 1940, on a summer's day all mare's tails and blue sky we arrived at Bexhill-on-Sea, where I got off. It wasn't easy. The train didn't stop there.”
― Spike Milligan, quote from Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall

“Busty’ Roberts had joined the Royal Artillery in 1914 and since then had steadily risen to the rank of Gunner. Now the crunch: someone with a perverted sense of humour made him a Lance Bombardier. Roberts went insane with power. The war now consisted of two people, him and Hitler.”
― Spike Milligan, quote from Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall

“They're all the rage, Cab Calloway wears one.”
― Spike Milligan, quote from Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall

“Some people live a nothing life: the most important thing they ever do is die. Thank God for eccentrics! Take Gunner Octavian Neat. He would suddenly appear naked in a barrack room and say, “Does anybody know a good tailor?”, or “Gentlemen – I think there’s a thief in the battery.” He was the bane of the Regiment.”
― Spike Milligan, quote from Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall

“...Roberts had joined the Royal Artillery in 1914 and since then had steadily risen to the rank of Gunner. Now the crunch: someone with a perverted sense of humour made him a Lance Bombardier. Roberts went insane with power. The war now consisted of two people, him and Hitler.”
― Spike Milligan, quote from Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall

“Actually, I was glad when we left, I couldn't have kept up this non-stop soldier-all-day - lover-all-night with only cups of tea in between.”
― Spike Milligan, quote from Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall

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