Secret Germany: Stauffenberg and the True Story of Operation Valkyrie

Baigent, Michael, Leigh, Richard

ISBN 10: 1602392692 / ISBN 13: 9781602392694

Published by Skyhorse Publishing, 2008

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2008. 1St Edition. Paperback. . . . . .

Seller Inventory # V9781602392694

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Secret Germany: Stauffenberg and the True Story of Operation Valkyrie
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1602392692
• ISBN 13: 9781602392694
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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 Führer), 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.

About the Authors

(along with Richard Leigh) is the bestselling author of

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. He was born in New Zealand in 1948. He graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from Canterbury University, Christchurch, and a master of arts degree in mysticism and religious experience from the University of Kent, England. Since 1976 he has lived in England with his wife and children.

was a novelist and short story writer born in New Jersey to a British father and an American mother. Leigh earned a BA from Tufts University, a master’s degree from the University of Chicago, and a PhD from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He died in 2007.