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Codename Valkyrie : General Friedrich Olbricht and the Plot Against Hitler
By: Schrader, Helena (Author).
Haynes Publishing Group. Published: 25/01/2009. Audience Guide: General (US: Trade).
Hardback. Sourced from U.S.A.
On 20 July 1944 the last assassination attempt against Hitler failed. Leading conspirators behind the attempted coup and thousands of supporters and sympathisers were arrested and executed. First to fall to the vicious Nazi retribution was General Friedrich Olbricht, who had nurtured the plans over three years - codenamed Valkyrie. Olbricht was less glamorous than Stauffenberg, who laid the bomb in Hitler's bunker, but contributed far more to the overall resistance against Hitler. Helena Schrader traces Olbricht's transformation into an active conspirator dedicated to removing Hitler from power, showing how his plans might have succeeded had Stauffenberg not failed. Item Details
ISBN10/13: 1844255336/9781844255337
TITLE: Codename Valkyrie
CONTRIBUTORS: Schrader, Helena (Author)
IMPRINT: J H Haynes & Co Ltd
PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardback
PUBLICATION DATE: 25/01/2009
SUBJECT: History, Politics, European, Assassinations
DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 156mm x 234mm
PAGES: 304
AUDIENCE GUIDE: General (US: Trade)
CONTENTS: Controversial new look at the challenges to Hitler's leadership. Traces the transformation of a highly decorated senior German officer into an active conspirator dedicated to removing Hitler from power. The Hollywood film Valkyrie - starring Tom Cruise, Carisa van Houten and Kenneth Branagh - is due for release in 2009. This book has the potential to spark controversy because it debunks the central theme of Tom Cruise's film.
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