Peter Hoffmann's definitive work on the German Resistance exhausts all possible findings andanalysis of German opposition to Hitler. It includes Stauffenberg's failed plot to assassinate Hitler in July, 1944.
"July 20, 1944. Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg carried a time bomb in a briefcase into a conference with Adolf Hitler. After wedging the briefcase directly in front of Hitler under a table, Stauffenberg took his leave. Only ill luck and divine providence could have caused what h…
1918-1936: overtures to war -- 1933-1939: the other Germany -- 1933-1941: a reluctant ally, reluctant generals -- 1939-1941: fluid neutralities -- 1941-1942: responding to Hitler -- 1943: a watershed -- 1944: The crucible -- 1944: ideologies, antagonisms, profits -- 1944-1945: a…