To the Bitter End

by Hans Bernd Gisevius

Book Overview

When on July 20, 1944, a bomb--boldly placed inside the Wolf's Lair (Hitler's headquarters in East Prussia) by the German Anti-Nazi Resistance--exploded without killing the F hrer, the subsequent coup d' tat against the Third Reich collapsed. Most of the conspirators were summarily shot or condemned in show trials and sadistically hanged. The conspiracy involved a wide circle of former politicians, diplomats, and government officials as well as senior...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306808692
• ISBN13: 9780306808692
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Da Capo
• Length: 668 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.8" x 8.4"