The Hunt for Martin Bormann

by Whiting, Charles

• ISBN13: 9781848842892
• ISBN10: 1848842899
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-19
• Publisher: Pen & Sword

Summary

On the night of 1 May 1945 Martin Bormann, head of the Nazi Party Chancellery and private secretary to Adolf Hitler, fled Fuhrer's bunker into the ruins of Berlin. His subsequent disappearance became the source of countless rumours and wild speculation over the years, even including a theory that he had been kidnapped by the son of Churchill's doctor and Lt Commander Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond books, and had spent the rest of his life in quiet retirement in the English Home Counties! In The Hunt for Martin Bormann, Charles Whiting examines over 50 years of rumours, claims and counter-claims to uncover the real fate of one of the most hunted men of the twentieth century.

Author Biography

Charles Whiting the world's most prolific military author saw action in north west Europe with the 52nd Lowland Reconnaissance Regiment. Graduating from the University of Leeds he has lectured at the Universities of Bradford, Saarbrucken, Trier and Maryland. He also worked for the US Army as an adviser and in 1976 he gave up his academic career as associate professor to become a full-time writer and military historian. His first book was published in 1954 and he has over 270 works to his name and several pseudonyms including Leo Kessler and Duncan Harding.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Chronology	p. ix
Prologue	p. xii
Introduction	p. xiii
The Birth of a Legend	p. 1
The Man in the Shadows	p. 39
The Hunt Begins	p. 77
The CIA Takes a Hand	p. 117
Enter "The Spy of the Century"	p. 159
The Man from Stern	p. 193
Epilogue	p. 217
Bibliography	p. 221
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