Hitler's Spy Chief: The Wilhelm Canaris Mystery

di Richard Bassett (Autore)

Orion Publishing Co, 2011

How Hitler's spy chief sabotaged the German war effort. Wilhelm Canaris was appointed by Hitler to head the Abwehr (the German secret service) 18 months after the Nazis came to power. But Canaris turned against the Fuhrer and the Nazi regime, believing that Hitler would start a war Germany could not win. In 1938 he was involved in an attempted coup, undermined by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. In 1940 he sabotaged the German plan to invade England, and fed General Franco vital information that helped him keep Spain out of the war. For years he played a dangerous double game, desperately trying to keep one step ahead of the Gestapo. The SS chief, Heinrich Himmler, became suspicious of the Abwehr and by 1944, when Abwehr personnel were involved in the attempted assassination of Hitler, he had the evidence to arrest Canaris himself. Canaris was executed a few weeks before the end of the war.

• Autore: Richard Bassett
• Editore: Orion Publishing Co
• Anno: 2011
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 320 p.
• Dimensioni: 196 x 128 mm
• Peso: 296 gr.
• EAN: 9780304367184

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