Target Hitler

by Duffy, James P.

• ISBN13: 9781936274024
• ISBN10: 1936274027
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-19
• Publisher: Enigma Books

Summary

This is the complete chronicle of all the attempts made to kill Adolf Hitler culminating in the July 20, 1944 bomb plot set by Colonel Klaus von Stauffenberg. But like all the preceding plots, the final attempt of 1944 also failed--even though it came very close to succeeding--and Hitler owed his survival to a few last-minute changes. The film Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise as von Stauffenberg, was a successful portrayal of that famous attempt. This is a first paperback edition.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
A Question of Loyalty	p. 4
The Early Assassins	p. 15
Himmler's Bomb Plot	p. 27
The Resistance is Born	p. 38
Chamberlain and the September Coup	p. 59
A Coup to Save the Peace	p. 83
Pope Pius Aids the Resistance	p. 105
ôThe Living Hitler Must Dieö	p. 117
Stauffenberg Takes Charge	p. 143
ôValkyrieö	p. 161
Aftermath of Failure	p. 186
ôA Gang of Criminalsö	p. 203
Bibliography	p. 215
Notes	p. 218
Index	p. 221
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