Killing Hitler: The Third Reich and the Plots Against the FührerFew leaders have been the targets of so many assassinations attempts; German historians have identified 42 plots on Hitler's life. Twenty of the would-be assassins are chronicled here. They range from simple craftsmen to high-ranking soldiers, from the apolitical to the ideologically obsessed, and from enemy agents to his closest associates. Moorhouse writes that, for the most part, they are unknown. One was Maurice Bavaud, who never got close enough to Hitler to shoot him. Bavaud was guillotined in 1941. Georg Elser began to plot Hitler's murder in 1938. In 1939, Elser triggered a bomb that killed eight people and injured 62 others, but Hitler had already left the building. Moorehouse describes the would-be killers' plans, motives, and--inevitably--their failures. The book also tells the story of Hitler's survival. Moorehouse's documentation and analysis of this comprehensive history will keep readers interested to the end. |
Contents
Maurice Bavaud Gods Assassin | 9 |
Georg Elser The Lone Bomber | 36 |
The Abwehr The Enemy Within | 59 |
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Killing Hitler: The Third Reich and the Plots Against the Führer Roger Moorhouse No preview available - 2007 |
Killing Hitler: The Third Reich and the Plots Against the Fuhrer Roger Moorhouse No preview available - 2012 |
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