Uccidere Hitler

One of the most consistent questions asked by historians about watershed historical events is “what if?” Counterfactual history may be an interesting intellectual exercise, but speculating when an “Adolf Hitler” could have been stopped, thus avoiding the carnage of World War II does not alter events Leggi tutto

This is a fresh and comprehensive review of the anti-Hitler resistance, specifically, those groups, cliques and individuals plotting to personally depose, or, usually, to assassinate Adolf Hitler, from their gradual beginnings at his rise in 1933 to the climax, the Valkyrie plot ending in the July 2 Leggi tutto

Danny Orbach's The Plots Against Hitler reassesses the German Resistance to the Third Reich. Orbach focuses primarily on the military resistance (civilian resisters like Dietrich Bonhoeffer and would-be assassin Georg Elser receive only brief look-ins), especially the Oster Circle which mobilized in Leggi tutto

Had recently seen Valkyrie and thought I'd read this. I would say roughly a third of this book was about that project. All in all interesting read though at times I felt it was a little to much telling me who was at every meeting and event discussed in the book. I found some of the breakdown of the

How does this book have less than 4 stars? This is the most authoritative work on the German resistance that I have read. The author is impartial and well-researched. He strongly supports his assertions while backing them with references. Over ten years of research went into this book.

Capturing! Well researched You notice the hard work that was put into writing this book. It's funny that this subject is not commonly addressed or taught in history classes. I highly recommend it