Disobeying Hitler: German resistance after Valkyrie / Randall Hansen
2014, 1st edition. New York; Oxford : Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #236818
Physical description; 470 pages, [8] pages of plates: illlustrations, maps; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-454) and index. Contents; Introduction -- War, atrocities, resistance -- The coup against Hitler -- From failing hands: the coup in Paris -- Paris, July 20, 1944: the SS locked down -- The resistance's last hope: Rommel against Hitler -- Hitler's revenge -- Did a Prussian save Paris? -- To destroy the City of Light -- Paris in revolt -- Paris liberated, Paris spared -- Normandy south: the invasion of southern France -- Forts and fortresses: Toulon -- Europe's lifeline: Marseille -- Violence comes home: preparing the defense of the Reich -- To destroy Germany: Hitler and scorched earth -- Fighting to the last man: the allies at the Rhine -- Hitler rages -- The Siege of Dusseldorf -- Dying so that they may live: central Germany -- Nuremberg's destruction, Heidelberg's salvation: southern Germany -- A citizens' revolt: Augsburg -- "We, the women of Freiburg, beg you": the French occupation of southern Germany -- A house of cards: the Soviet assault on the Reich -- Saving Caspar David Friedrich's city -- Finishing the job that Bomber Harris started: Hamburg -- Escaping the Soviet net: Walther Wenck and the flight across the Elbe -- Conclusion. Subjects; Hitler, Adolf 1889-1945 - Military leadership. Anti-Nazi movement - Germany - History. Government, Resistance to - Germany - History - 20th century. Dissenters - Germany - History - 20th century. Opposition (Political science) - Germany. Strategy - History - 20th century. Germany - Military policy. Germany - History - 1933-1945.
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