Book - Valkyrie: The Plot To Kill Hitler

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Valkyrie: The Plot To Kill Hitler
Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager
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When the Second World War broke out, Philipp von Boeselager fought enthusiastically for his country, leading a cavalry unit first in France and later on the Russian Front. However, when he discovered what the SS were doing to Jews and Gypsies in the summer of 1942 his enthusiasm quickly turned to disgust. Along with his brother Georg, he joined a group of conspirators in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler. After several abortive assassination attempts, including one in which von Boeselager was supposed to shoot the Fuhrer with his own pistol, the plotters finally decided on a plan to blow Hitler up with a bomb. Von Boeselager transported the explosives and passed them on to Claus von Stauffenberg. He and his brother then moved their cavalry units to Berlin to take control of the city.

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I agree with one of the reviews on this book: yes, this was immensely interesting, but as there were a lot of military terminology and jargon, so I couldn't fully understand this book.

Moreover, the author made the conspiracy sound as if it's now a well known fact. Maybe it is, but I know nothing of it. An example would be, there is a part where he explains about the escape or retreat, and then says that, "that even would then lead to what everyone knows," and then branch off to talk about something else. But... I have no idea what this "everyone knows" is... and I'd like to know. But i don't even know how to search about it..

This book actually gave me quite a revelation. I had not known that the military originally had nothing to do with the Nazi party nor any party nor government for that matter. The author sort of digressed in parts to focus more on his brother - not a bad thing in itself, but it would make the title of the book seem moot.

Part of it could get pretty dry though, so, not a "light" reading material.