Secret Germany: Stauffenberg and the True Story of Operation Valkyrie
From the bestselling authors of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail and The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception comes a stunning revelation of Hitler's secret enemy and the plot to kill him.
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| Interest Age |
Young Adults |
| Reading Age |
Young Adults |
| Library of Congress |
Germany - Politics and government - 1933-1945, Anti-Nazi movement - Germany, Hitler, Adolf - Assassination attempt, 1944 (July 20), Generals - Germany, Collective memory - Germany |
| NBS Text |
Military History |
| ONIX Text |
General/trade |
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| Number of Pages |
378 pp |
| Dimensions |
Width: 139mm
Height: 208mm
Spine: 22mm |
| Weight |
467g |
|
| Dewey Code |
943.0864092 |
| Catalogue Code |
49266 |
Description of this Book
The story of the hero behind the attempt to kill Hitler, the subject of Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise, set for June 2008 release.
By July of 1944, the Third Reich's days were numbered. Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, a general staff insider with open eyes (and access to the Fuhrer), was convinced that assassinating Hitler was the only way to prevent the destruction of the Fatherland and the deaths of millions. On July 20, he hid a bomb-stuffed briefcase at a high-level meeting. The explosion tore through the room, but a table leg spared Hitler from the blast. The result was a witch hunt, a wave of executions, and a further pointless year of war. Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh deliver an exhilarating and definitive portrait of the anti-Nazi movement (called Secret Germany ) that almost killed Hitler. Secret Germany is the story of World War II's boldest plot-that-failed ( Time ), a coup that was a moral and spiritual necessity. 36 b/w photographs.
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