VALKYRIE: THE PLOT TO KILL HITLER

The last member of Operation Valkyrie - the daring July 20 1944 plot toassassinate Hitler - tells his remarkable story. 'It was not thequestion of an isolated assassination, but rather of beginning a completeoverthrow of the regime' July 20 1944. A fearless group of German officers attempted to actagainst the horrors of Nazism and put an end to the war by killing AdolfHitler. But Operation Valkyrie failed, and one by one the plotters werefound out, tortured and executed. Philipp von Boeselager - who suppliedthe explosives that would rip through the Führer's bunker - miraculouslyescaped death. In this unique memoir Philipp tells his extraordinary life story and thepart he played in this, and three other dramatic attempts on Hitler'slife. He recounts how a small band of resisters dared to stop evil andprevent profound loss of lives. Ultimately they failed but the legacy oftheir courage endures.