Islam and nazi germanys war is the first book to provide an in depth study of this complex relationship charting its twists and turns as hitlers paladins sought to bring muslims onside it is academically impeccable drawing on a wealth of archival resources in a multitude of languages yet it wears its erudition lightly in the current climate a subject such as this might be . Islam and nazi germanys war is the first comprehensive account of berlins remarkably ambitious attempts to build an alliance with the islamic world drawing on archival research in three continents david motadel explains how german officials tried to promote the third reich as a patron of islam. Islam and nazi germanys war is the first comprehensive account of berlins remarkably ambitious attempts to build an alliance with the islamic world drawing on archival research in three continents david motadel explains how german officials tried to promote the third reich as a patron of islam. In the most crucial phase of the second world war german troops fighting in regions as far apart as the sahara and the caucasus confronted the allies across lands largely populated by muslims nazi officials saw islam as a powerful force with the same enemies as germany the british empire the soviet union and the jews