Secret Germany: Stauffenberg and the True Story of Operation Valkyrie

Baigent, Michael, Leigh, Richard

ISBN 10: 1602392692 / ISBN 13: 9781602392694

Edité par Skyhorse Publishing, 2008

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2008. 1St Edition. Paperback. . . . . .

N° de réf. du vendeur V9781602392694

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• Titre: Secret Germany: Stauffenberg and the True Story of Operation Valkyrie
• Éditeur: Skyhorse Publishing
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1602392692
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781602392694
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

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.

Présentation de l'éditeur

At thirty-seven, Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg, Chief of Staff of the Reich Reserve Army, was a charismatic figure destined for supreme command. The group of conspirators with whom he conceived the plot to kill Hitler in July 1944 was called 'Secret Germany'. That was also the name of the esoteric circle in which Stauffenberg as a young man had been a disciple of the mystic anti-Nazi magus and poet Stefan George. What was it that motivated this extraordinary aristocratic soldier, with the looks of a Hollywood idol, who was said to be the only man to stare the Fuhrer down until he averted his eyes? For Stauffenberg, the bomb plot was not a political move but a moral and spiritual necessity. After forty-two serious attempts on Hitler's life in the previous twenty years, why did he too fail? Had he succeeded, some say he would have become the de Gaulle of Germany, saviour of the nation soul. Even in failure, there can be no doubt of Stauffenberg's heroism. He stands as atonement for the Third Reich and a resolution of the conflicting myths of German culture. In this remarkable investigation, his whole life explains a troubled past to the present generation of Europeans as few have done in recent history.