Target Hitler: The Plots to Kill Adolf Hitler

by James P. Duffy

"Target Hitler "is a thriller-style chronicle of all the plots and conspiracies to kill Adolf Hitler, culminating in the July 20, 1944, bomb plot set by Col. Klaus von Stauffenberg. "Valkyrie," a film starring Tom Cruise as Hitler's would-be assassin, is set to be released in 2008. The fi lm has already had a considerable amount of publicity because of the lavish United Artists production at the famous Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and the controversy surrounding its star. The many plots to kill Hitler all failed, and the final plot that almost succeeded was the most spectacular of them all.

This is the first paperback edition.

Genres: Nonfiction, Military Fiction, History

248 pages, Paperback

First published August 24, 1992

Reviews

[Juli · Rating 4 out of 5]

The would be heroes, if only! So many attempts that are really not well known and yet, Hitler somehow managed to cheat death over and over again! It was another side of WWII that is not often discussed. It was good to read that there were so many in Hitler's own regime that recognized him for the evil that he was and plotted against him for so long. If only any one of their attempts had accomplished its goal, the atrocities of the holocaust might never had needed to be suffered by so many!

[Mitchell · Rating 5 out of 5]

You may call this the ultimate "What If" book. A fascinating side of World War II that we hear all too little about. It is amazing how many people tried to kill or overthrow Hitler beginning in the early 1920's yet failed. It is even more amazing how many people within the German Army and other high level officials plotted Hitler's death or overthrow. Yet, we hear so little about them.