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Secret Germany, Michael Baigent & Richard Leigh

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Michael Baigent & Richard Leigh

The story of the hero behind the attempt to kill Hitler, the subject of "Valkyrie," starring Tom Cruise, set for June 2008 release. By July of 1944, the Third Reich's days were numbered. Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, a general staff insider with open eyes (and access to the Fuhrer), was convinced that assassinating Hitler was the only way to prevent the destruction of the Fatherland and the deaths of millions. On July 20, he hid a bomb-stuffed briefcase at a high-level meeting. The explosion tore through the room, but a table leg spared Hitler from the blast. The result was a witch hunt, a wave of executions, and a further pointless year of war. Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh deliver an exhilarating and definitive portrait of the anti-Nazi movement (called "Secret Germany") that almost killed Hitler. "Secret Germany" is the story of "World War II's boldest plot-that-failed" ("Time"), a coup that was a moral and spiritual necessity

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Bomb Plot The German Resistance -- Operation Valkyrie -- In the Wolf's Lair -- The Rise of Prussia Blood and Iron -- Claus Von Stauffenberg The Cult of Stefan George -- The New Reich -- The Path of Aggression -- Operation Barbarossa -- The Struggle for the Heart and Soul of Germany After the War of Liberation -- Culture and Conquest -- Myth and Might -- Legislators of the World -- Heroism in the Twentieth Century In the Courtyard of the Benderstrasse -- Notes and References -- Bibliography