Vidya Dhar Mahajan

On Germany Between Two Wars Mahajan described Lindley Fraser's Germany Between Two Wars (1944) as a propaganda work which was written to serve the BBC and was of the view that its excerpts were broadcast to the Germans with the motive of influencing the opinion of the Germans in favor of the Allies. Mahajan suggested that Fraser did a "good survey" of the history of Germany from 1918 to 1939 but presented the Armistice of 11 November 1918, the defence of settlements from Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920) by the Allies, the factors responsible for Adolf Hitler's rise to power in 1933, the preparation for war by the Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1939, and the circumstances which lead to Hitler's declaration of war against Britain in 1939 in "a lucid style". According to Mahajan, Fraser laid "no claim to originality and impartiality".

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