An Unofficial 'The MeatEater Podcast' Reading List
621. The Nazis at War: Blitzkrieg (Part 2)
November 27, 2025
Description
Books Referenced
Author: James Holland
Context:
Referenced as a source for statistics about iron ore imports and Nazi military capabilities. The speaker explicitly states 'they come from The War in the West by my brother James Holland' and later quotes from it regarding the Allied and German offensives in Norway.
Author: Heinz Guderian
Context:
Described as a book written by German panzer commander Heinz Guderian two years before the invasion of France. The speaker notes it has 'the most German army titled book of all time' and discusses how Guderian wrote about tank warfare tactics in it.
Author: Karl Baedeker
Context:
Referenced when describing how General Falkenhorst, tasked by Hitler to create an invasion plan for Norway and Denmark in just a few hours, went to a bookshop and bought a Baedeker travel guidebook to help him draft the plan.
Author: Max Hastings
Context:
Referenced as a book on the Second World War. The speaker quotes from it that the Allied campaign in Norway 'was characterized by utter moral ignobility and military incompetence' and later quotes Hastings again about Churchill's schemes being frustrated by lack of means.