Killing Hitler, Roger Moorhouse
Killing Hitler, Roger Moorhouse
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Killing Hitler
The Plots, the Assassins, and the Dictator Who Cheated Death

Author: Roger Moorhouse

Narrator: James Cameron Stewart

Unabridged: 14 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/26/2019


Synopsis

Disraeli once declared that "assassination never changed anything," and yet the idea that World War II and the horrors of the Holocaust might have been averted with a single bullet or bomb has remained a tantalizing one for half a century. What historian Roger Moorhouse reveals in Killing Hitler is just how close—and how often—history came to taking a radically different path between Adolf Hitler's rise to power and his ignominious suicide.

Few leaders, in any century, can have been the target of so many assassination attempts, with such momentous consequences in the balance. Hitler's almost fifty would-be assassins ranged from simple craftsmen to high-ranking soldiers, from the apolitical to the ideologically obsessed, from Polish Resistance fighters to patriotic Wehrmacht officers, and from enemy agents to his closest associates. And yet, up to now, their exploits have remained virtually unknown, buried in dusty official archives and obscure memoirs. This, then, for the first time in a single volume, is their story.

About Roger Moorhouse

Roger Moorhouse is the award-winning author of The Wolf's Lair, Berlin at War, and Killing Hitler. With Norman Davies, he is coauthor of Microcosm. He studied history at the University of London and is a regular contributor to BBC History Magazine. Roger lives in the United Kingdom.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ian on July 08, 2021

This is my first book by Roger Moorhouse, and I really enjoyed it, regardless of the subject! Although I personally find WWII history very interesting, learning more macabre details about Hitler's life and the struggles of those who tried to end it was not always a pleasant topic. Yet, Moorhouse has......more

Goodreads review by Olethros on December 30, 2016

-Y a pesar de todo no hubo manera.- Género. Historia. Lo que nos cuenta. Monografía sobre los distintos intentos de terminar con la vida de Hitler a lo largo de su vida política, desde planes ejecutados que fallaron hasta planes teóricos que se valoraron. ¿Quiere saber más de este libro, sin spoilers?......more

Goodreads review by Sydney on March 04, 2023

good read......more

Goodreads review by John on March 12, 2025

Roger Moorehouse's book Killing Hitler provides stories of various plots to assassinate the leader of The Third Reich. Each chapter tells a different anecdote which include Georg Elser, Valkryie, and even foreign governments planning to kill Adolf Hitler. Of course, Moorehouse asks the question that......more

Goodreads review by Elmar on May 04, 2010

This book was originally published by Jonathan Cape, London. I've read the German translation. This book is about 20 attempts to kill Adolf Hitler. The book contains 430 pages, full of suspense and information. The British historian Roger Moorhouse talks about would-be assassins like Maurice Bavaud,......more