History of the German Resistance, 1933-1945

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1996 - Biography & Autobiography - 853 pages
The History of the German Resistance is the most comprehensive and authoritative account ever published of the German opposition's struggle against Hitler, covering all the serious attempts to overthrow or assassinate him leading up to the failed attempt of 20 July 1944. Extensive notes, a full bibliography, maps, plans, diagrams, and a comprehensive index complete this indispensable and definitive account. The English version of the book has been extensively revised and expanded since its original publication in German. This edition includes a new preface and an updated bibliography. Peter Hoffmann is professor of history, McGill University.

Contents

THE BACKGROUND 1 The Year 1933
3
Forms of Resistance
18
TopLevel Crisis
36
THE SUDETEN CRISIS AND THE ATTEMPTED COUP OF 1938
40
Operation Green
49
Foreign Policy and Resistance
54
Becks Plans
69
Halders Plans
81
Moltke 1943
225
Trott 19431944
228
Gisevius
235
The Early Days
251
Projections of 1943
278
Valkyrie
301
Stauffenbergs Career
315
Procurement of Explosive
333

PLANS FOR A COUP 19391940
97
Before the Outbreak of War
99
Plans Probings and Memoranda
113
Halders New Plan
128
Further Efforts
145
Soundings Abroad
153
INTERNAL POLITICAL PLANS
173
Schmid Noerr
175
Hassell
178
Popitz
180
Goerdeler
184
The Kreisau Circle
192
Socialists
198
CONTACTS WITH THE ENEMY 19401944
203
Albrecht Haushofer 19401941
205
Hassell 19411942
211
Lochner 19411942
214
Trott Bonhoeffer Sch�nfeld 1942
216
Internal Political Planning
348
Stauffenbergs First Two Assassination Attempts
373
Wolfschanze
397
The Coup
412
The Coup in the Provinces
440
Prague Vienna Paris
461
Collapse in Berlin
479
Summary Court Martial
507
Peoples Court Executions Concentration Camps
524
Notes
535
Appendices Map of Europe as at 20 July 1944 7245
675
received by the US Government
742
F�hrers HQ in July 1944
764
Sources and Bibliography
773
Addenda to the Bibliography
813
Errata and Addenda
850
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About the author (1996)

Peter Hoffmann is William Kingsford Professor of History at McGill University and author of Stauffenberg: A Family History, 1905-1944, and The History of the German Resistance, 1933-1945.