Countdown to Valkyrie

Description:

A chilling account of the most famous assassination attempt on the life of Adolf Hitler. It also recounts the many previous ones, and goes on to describe utter savagery of the reprisals after Valkyrie failed. The author has included photographs of all the players, as well as an afterword by Klaus von Stauffenberg's son.

subjects: Politics and government,  Assassination attempt, 1944 (July 20),  Conspiracies,  History,  Hitler, adolf, 1889-1945,  Schenk von stauffenberg, klaus philipp, graf, 1907-1944,  Germany, history, 1933-1945

People: Adolf Hitler (1889-1945),  Klaus Philipp Schenk von Stauffenberg Graf (1907-1944)

Places: Nazi Germany

Times: 20th century,  July 1940