Killing Hitler

Author: Roger Moorhouse

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  • : 27.99 AUD
  • : 9781844133222
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Vintage
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  • : 0.246
  • : June 2007
  • : 199mm X 132mm X 21mm
  • : United Kingdom
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Description

Most people have heard of the Stauffenberg Plot - the attempt to kill Hitler launched by the German Resistance Movement on 20 July 1944. But it is not widely known that this was only one of a long series of similar attacks.

Killing Hitler is an account of the surprisingly numerous attempts on the life of Adolf Hitler. The Germans, Soviets, Poles and British all made plans to kill the Fuhrer. Lone gunmen, disaffected German officers and the Polish Underground, the Soviet NKVD and the British Special Operations Executive were all involved. Their methods varied from bombing, poisoning or using a sniper, to infiltrating the SS, or even sending Rudolf Hess back to Germany under hypnosis. Many of the plans did not make it beyond the drawing board, some were carried out. All of them failed. Alongside the dramatic and largely unknown stories of Hitler's numerous assassins, this book presents a fascinating investigation of a number of broader issues, such as the complex motives of the German Resistance, the curious squeamishness of the British, and the effectiveness of the Nazi security apparatus.

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The first comprehensive study of the various assassination attempts on Hitler - and a history of the Third Reich from an illuminating new angle.

Author description

Roger Moorhouse is a Germanist and historian. He is the co-author, with Norman Davies, of Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City, published by Jonathan Cape and Pimlico.