Secret Germany: Stauffenberg and the True Story of Operation Valkyrie
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ISBN: 1602392692 / Publisher: Skyhorse, May 2008
This movie tie-in is the story of the 1944 plot by German officers to kill Adolph Hitler. Claus von Stauffenberg was the leader of this failed plan, for which he was executed. Baigent and Leigh put their own spin on this story, which has been told many times. They use secondary sources, mostly in English, for their information along with interviews that contain mostly second-hand information. Much of the book contains speculation and long digressions on tangential topics. This is not a scholarly work, intended rather for fans of conspiracy theories. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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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 Führer), 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.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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