Tapping Hitler's generals : transcripts of secret conversations 1942-45 / Sönke Neitzel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neitzel, Sönke, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany. Heer. General staff officers.

Germany.

World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (788 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley : Frontline Books, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books, 2013.

Summary:

'A goldmine of information about what the German High Command privately thought of the war, Adolf Hitler, the Nazis and each other' - Andrew Roberts'One of the most important books on World War II to be published in the last thirty years' - Tim NewarkBetween 1939 and 1942, a division of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence created a number of PoW interrogation camps in and around London. Sophisticated tapping equipment was installed and secret gramophone recording were made of private conversations between senior German staff officers.In this extraordinary work Professor Neitzel ex

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; THE DOCUMENTS; I. - Politics, Strategy and the Different Camps at Trent Park; II. - 'We Have Tried to Exterminate Whole Communities.' War Crimes in Trent Park Conversations; III. - The Insurrection of Conscience. Reactions to 20 July 1944; SHORT BIOGRAPHIES; ABBREVIATIONS; ENDNOTES; LIST OF DOCUMENTS; SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781783830558

1783830557