Disobeying Hitler : German resistance after Valkyrie / Randall Hansen.

Author/creator Hansen, Randall author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Description470 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illlustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2013036310
ISBN9780199927920 (hbk)
ISBN0199927928 (hbk)

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