Stauffenberg: Symbol of Resistance: The Man Who Almost Killed Hitler by Wolfgang Venohr
Hardcover
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Stauffenberg: Symbol of Resistance: The Man Who Almost Killed Hitler By Wolfgang Venohr
ISBN
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1473856833
ISBN-13
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9781473856837
Publication
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Published May 16, 2019
Number of Pages
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256
Format Type
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Hardcover
Title
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Stauffenberg: Symbol of Resistance: The Man Who Almost Killed Hitler
Author
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Wolfgang Venohr
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Stauffenberg: Symbol of Resistance: The Man Who Almost Killed Hitler By Wolfgang Venohr
1473856833
9781473856837
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On 20th July 1944 senior officers gathered at the Wolfschanze the Wolf s Lair Hitler s headquarters in East Prussia Amongst those men was Colonel Claus Schenk Count von Stauffenberg chief of staff of the Reserve Army and with him he carried a briefcase packed with explosives A little after midday the building was rocked by a massive explosion Five men were killed others wounded and the interior of the Wolfschanze was wrecked Believing that he had killed the German Fuhrer von Stauffenberg set off for Berlin to initiate Operation Valkyrie the coup d etat to overthrow the Nazi regime Hitler of course did not die that day and Stauffenberg and his co conspirators were rounded up and executed But what motivated Stauffenberg to attempt such a mission Was Stauffenberg a traitor or a patriot After decades of analysing the sources and eyewitness reports the renowned historian Wolfgang Venohr revealed the true nature of the man behind the most audacious assassination attempt of the Second World War Like many others Stauffenberg smarted from Germany s humiliating defeat in 1918 and the punishing terms of the Treaty of Versailles Indeed until the late 1930s Stauffenberg agreed with much of the National Socialist ideology which sought to re establish Germany as the most powerful nation in Europe But increasingly he sees his country sliding to defeat yet again at the hands of a leader who has lost his grip on reality Stauffenberg believed he had no choice but to act Stauffenberg Symbol of Resistance The Man Who Almost Killed Hitler.