Stauffenberg: Symbol of Resistance: The Man Who Almost Killed Hitler

by Wolfgang Venohr

Book Overview

On 20th July 1944, senior officers gathered at the Wolfschanze - the Wolf's Lair - Hitler's headquarters in East Prussia. Amongst those men was Colonel Claus Schenk Count von Stauffenberg, chief of staff of the Reserve Army, and with him he carried a briefcase packed with explosives.

A little after midday the building was rocked by a massive explosion. Five men were killed, others wounded and the interior of the Wolfschanze was wrecked. Believing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473856833
• ISBN13: 9781473856837
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 9.3"