https://irving.video/videos/watch/47a23ac3-465d-4e4f-8b1b-12bd6afa71df OverviewA 55-minute lecture in which Irving draws comparative analysis between the Iraq War and World War II, arguing that the United States military faces similar strategic predicaments to those encountered by Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front. Irving contends that the Iraqi resistance mirrors Soviet partisan tactics and that American military leadership, like the German command in 1941, initially believed victory was assured before encountering prolonged insurgent operations. Topics coveredIrving's recent speaking tour in Hungary and encounter with Jean-Marie Le Pen 00:00:00, The 1995 Oklahoma City bombing accusation and subsequent retraction by Timothy McVeigh's attorney 00:01:01, Discovery of Irving's Hitler's War in Tariq Aziz's bedroom during the 2003 Baghdad palace raids 00:03:00, Removal of Irving's books from U.S. military academy libraries following Anti-Defamation League pressure 00:04:01, Comparison between German Army overextension on the Eastern Front (1941) and U.S. Army predicament in Iraq 00:06:02, Stalin's initial panic and subsequent strategic decision to allow German forces to overextend their supply lines 00:07:01, General Tommy Franks's refusal to disclose Iraqi casualty figures and the "body count" controversy 00:08:01, Iraqi military dissolution and reappearance as rear-echelon resistance, paralleling Soviet 1941-42 tactics 00:09:00, Multiple shifting justifications for the Iraq War and the credibility problem this creates 00:10:00, Key momentsIrving describes discovering his own book on Tariq Aziz's bedside table, having learned of it through Washington Post reporting, and reflects darkly on the implications: "I chuckled out loud at the thought that they had been reading my book and learning some facts from it" 00:03:00, Irving characterizes the divide separating American strategy: "Wafer thin, ladies and gentlemen, wafer thin is the divide that separates the war that couldn't be lost from the war that can't be won" 00:05:00, Irving recounts Stalin's desperate offer to Hitler of the entire Ukraine to end the war after only one week of invasion, before reversing strategic course 00:07:01, SourceRecorded at the Institute for Historical Review (IHR), venue and exact date not specified in metadata but consistent with IHR lecture series format. The audience was a moderate-sized, English-speaking group attending an Irving lecture event. Published and archived by the David Irving Video Archive (irving.video). About this archive: irving.video preserves the lectures, interviews, and TV appearances of historian David Irving. All videos are captioned, every transcript is searchable. Books at irvingbooks.com. Sat, 20 Jun 2026 02:11:52 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://irving.video https://irving.video/lazy-static/avatars/217f0272-12b9-4650-9c50-a2b60755061b.jpg https://irving.video/videos/watch/47a23ac3-465d-4e4f-8b1b-12bd6afa71df All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://irving.video/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.