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Author
Pub. Date
[1991]
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
German intelligence knows that Steiner survived the bungled, top-secret assassination attempt on Winston Churchill, and is now a POW somewhere in London. Reichsfuhrer Himmler wants him back--at any cost. Racing through war-torn Europe, Himmler's top espionage unit gets closer to their target--and to the true betrayal of their mission.
52) Munich
Author
Language
English
Description
September 1938. Hitler is determined to start a war. Chamberlain is desperate to preserve the peace.The issue is to be decided in a city that will forever afterwards be notorious for what takes place there. Munich. As Chamberlain's plane judders over the Channel and the Fuhrer's train steams relentlessly south from Berlin, two young men travel with secrets of their own. Hugh Legat is one of Chamberlain's private secretaries; Paul Hartmann a German...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"From the preeminent Hitler biographer, a fascinating and original exploration of how the Third Reich was willing and able to fight to the bitter end of World War II. Countless books have been written about why Nazi Germany lost World War II, yet remarkably little attention has been paid to the equally vital question of how and why it was able to hold out as long as it did. The Third Reich did not surrender until Germany had been left in ruins and...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1160L
Language
English
Description
"By early 1945, the destruction of the German Nazi State seems certain. The Allied forces, led by American general Dwight D. Eisenhower, are gaining control of Europe, leaving German leaders scrambling. Facing defeat, Adolf Hitler flees to a secret bunker with his mistress, Eva Braun, and his beloved dog, Blondi. It is there that all three will meet their fate, thus ending the Third Reich and one of the darkest chapters in modern history. Hitler's...
Publisher
Eagle Media Productions
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A look at one plot to assassinate Hitler, as well as the men and women in Germany who tried to overthrow the government from within, and of the consequences of their failures. Includes interviews as well as archival and unseen footage.
59) Adolf Hitler
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
Description
A biography of Adolf Hitler from his solitary boyhood in Austria to his bizarre death in Berlin.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
There were over 40 documented attempts on Hitler's life. Aided by cutting-edge CGI, security experts explain why the plots failed, and using modern weapon and explosive experiments, determine what slight changes could have made the missions successful.