Codename 'Valkyrie' : General Friedrich Olbricht and the Plot Against Hitler

by Schrader, Helena

• ISBN13: 9781844255337
• ISBN10: 1844255336
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-07-15
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

On 20 July 1944, the last in a series of assassination attempts against Hitler failed. In the aftermath, leading conspirators and thousands of supporters and sympathizers were arrested and executed. First to fall to the vicious Nazi retribution was the man who had nurtured the coup drs"eacute;tat plans over three years, codenamed ls"Valkyriers" General Friedrich Olbricht. Helena Schrader traces the transformation of a highly decorated and senior German officer into an active conspirator dedicated to removing the Fuuml;hrer from power. She shows how Olbrichtrs"s coup plans might well have succeeded if Stauffenberg had not failed at several key junctures.

Author Biography

Helena Schrader PhD is a consular official in the US Diplomatic Service. She holds a doctorate from the University of Hamburg and is a fluent German speaker, having lived in Berlin for 20 years. Helena is the author of Blockade Breakers: The Berlin Airlift, due for publication in 2009 by Sutton. She currently lives and works in Oslo, Norway, but will soon take up a new consular posting in Lagos, Nigeria.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements and Introduction	p. 7
German Military Ranks	p. 11
Glossary	p. 12
The Last Attempt: 20 July 1944	p. 15
The Age of Innocence	p. 24
The War to End All Wars	p. 30
Between Revolution and Reaction	p. 41
The Fragile Republic	p. 59
National Socialist Peace	p. 75
The Formation of an Anti-Hitler Conspiracy	p. 106
Hitler's General?	p. 119
Organising Hitler's War	p. 145
Resistance to Hitler	p. 171
The Reasons Why	p. 200
The Consummate Conspirator	p. 211
The Conspiracy Fails	p. 236
Conclusion	p. 258
Notes	p. 263
Bibliography	p. 268
Index	p. 284
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