![]() ![]() He recreates the ill-fated schemes to blow up Hitler's private plane and to kill the Fuhrer at the opening Fest recounts the heroic (and unsuccessful) efforts of senior military officials to persuade the Allies to help them oust the Nazis. New book, Joachim Fest, the acclaimed biographer of Adolf Hitler, recounts in vivid detail the events leading up to July 20, the tense and confused moments before the explosion, and the terrifying roundup and executions that followed. Although the bomb miraculously failed to maim or kill Hitler, the explosion dramatically announced to the world the existence of a secret, indigenous opposition to the Nazi regime. On July 20, 1944, as World War II reached its climax, a group of German anti-Nazi conspirators, led by a dashing, highly decorated young count, Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, detonated a powerful bomb at the East Prussia military headquarters of Adolf Hitler. The resistance that never was - The army succumbs - The September plot - From Munich to Zossen - The new generation - The army groups - Stauffenberg - The eleventh hour - J- Persecution and judgment - The wages of failure Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-371) and index ![]()
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