Alan Judd

Could they have tried harder?

The Stauffenberg plot of July 1944 was the most famous attempt to blow up the Führer. But there were several other equally botched schemes

issue 15 December 2018

  • Nein: Standing Up to Hitler, 1935–1944

    Paddy Ashdown

    William Collins, pp. 372

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