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Episode: James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles | Lex Fridman Podcast #470

Published on May 24, 2025

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!

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Hitler's Table Talk

by Adolf Hitler

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you know by 1928 you know the the he's not going to get a deal for Mine Camp part two you know he he's he's he's impoverished the party's impoverished you know numbers are down there they're a kind of you know a best and and a relevance we should say he wrote minecom at this time when he was in prison he writes he writes most of minecom in prison in Lansburg prison

The guest discusses Hitler's book 'Mein Kampf', mentioning its writing location and its lack of success initially.

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KL

by Nikolaus Wachsmann

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There's a book you've recommended, KL. Yes, it's just called KL. It's about the the whole concentration camp system.

The host mentions a book recommended by the guest about concentration camps, and the guest confirms the title and subject.

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Man's Search For Ultimate Meaning

by Victor Frankl

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One is uh man's search for meaning about Victor Franco sort of this philosophical thing about how a human being can confront that and find meaning and what it mean what what does the human condition look like in the context of such uh evil.

The guest mentions this book and author in the context of understanding the human condition during the Holocaust.

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Munich

by Robert Harris

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from a historian's point of view or even a novelist point of view in the case of Robert Harris writing his book about these negotiations which I don't know if you've read it but it's really it's terrifically good

The guest mentions a book by Robert Harris about the Munich negotiations, praising it.

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The War in the West - A New History

by James Holland

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In volume one of the war in the west, your book series on World War II, you write, "The Second World War witnessed the deaths of more than 60 million people from over 60 different countries.

The host introduces the guest's book series and quotes from the first volume.

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