Название: Countdown to Valkyrie: The July Plot to Assassinate Hitler
Автор: Count Stauffenberg
Издательство: Frontline Books
ISBN: 1848325088
Год: 2009
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 320
Размер: 21,6 МБ
Язык: Английский
Afterword with Count Berthold Von StauffenbergAlthough there were more than 40 plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler, none came closer to success than the July Plot of 1944. The attempt was masterminded by Count von Stauffenberg, a member of the German General Staff, who had been rushed back from Africa after losing his left eye and right hand. For his injuries, he had been decorated as a war hero. Never a supporter of Nazi ideology, he was increasingly attracted by the approaches of the German resistance movement. After a attempt to assassinate Hitler in November 1943 failed, Stauffenberg developed a new plot to kill him at the Wolf's Lair Headquarters on 20th July 1944. Besides the Fuhrer's assassination, Stauffenberg organised plans to take over command of the Germany forces and sue for peace with the Allies.