Disobeying Hitler
Subtitle: German resistance in the last year of WWII
By: Randall Hansen
Edition: Large print edition.
Publisher: WF Howes Ltd
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Rearsby, Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 529
ISBN-13: 9781471294884
Subjects: Anti-Nazi movement; Large type books; World War, 1939-1945; Destruction and pillage; End
Description: In the last months of the war, Hitler ordered the poisoning, blocking, and wrecking of all ports across Europe; the destruction of all industries, railroads, bridges, utilities supplies, archives and museums in Europe; and the destruction of the most beautiful city in the world: Paris. Thanks to the determination and bravery of a few, including those who paid with their lives, Hitler's orders were often disobeyed. The result was a profound and lasting effect on the war and its aftermath. Randall Hansen explores the extraordinary phenomenon of disobedience and its consequences.
Notes: Standard format edition originally published: London: Faber & Faber, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: War, atrocities, resistance; title: The coup against Hitler; title: From failing hands : the coup in Paris; title: Paris, July 20, 1944 : the SS locked down; title: The resistance's last hope : Rommel against Hitler; title: Hitler's revenge; title: Did a Prussian save Paris?; title: To destroy the City of Lights; title: Paris in revolt; title: Paris liberated, Paris spared; title: Normandy south : the invasion of southern France; title: Forts and fortresses : Toulon; title: Europe's lifeline : Marseille; title: Violence comes home : preparing the defence of the Reich; title: To destroy Germany : Hitler and scorched earth; title: Fighting to the last man : the Allies at the Rhine; title: Hitler rages; title: The siege of Düsseldorf; title: Dying so that they may live : central Germany; title: Nuremberg's destruction, Heidelberg's salvation : southern Germany; title: A citizen's revolt : Augsburg; title: "We, the women of Freiburg, beg you" : the French occupation of southern Germany; title: A house of cards : the Soviet assault on the Reich; title: Saving Caspar David Friedrich's city; title: Finishing the job that Bomber Harris started : Hamburg; title: Escaping the Soviet net : Walther Wenck and the flight across the Elbe.