Hess, Hitler and Churchill: The Real Turning Point of the Second World War - A Secret History [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2012] PETER PADFIELD
by Peter Padfield
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When Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess set off for Britain on a peace mission in May 1941, he launched one of the great mysteries of the Second World War. Had he really acted alone, without Hitler's knowledge? Who were the British he had come to see? Was British intelligence involved? Now, award-winning historian Peter Padfield presents striking new evidence that demands the wholesale reappraisal of the episode, both in terms of what actually happened - and who knew what - and its significance in show more the wider context of the war. For, allied to a powerful argument that Hess must have had both Hitler's backing and considerable encouragement from Britain, Padfield demonstrates that he also brought with him a draft peace treaty committing Hitler to the evacuation of occupied European countries. Made public, this would have destroyed Churchill's campaign to bring the United States into the war. Expertly woven into a compelling narrative that touches on Lord (Victor) Rothschild and the Cambridge spy ring, possible British foreknowledge of Operation Barbarossa and the 'final solution', MI6's use of Hess to prevent the bombing of London and the mysterious circumstances of his death in Spandau prison - including the previously unseen witness accounts from that day - Hess, Hitler and Churchill is among the most important history books of recent years. show lessTags
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Peter Padfield's trilogy includes Maritime Power and Maritime, Supremacy, both published by Overlook. He was born in British India and served as a navigating officer in P0 liners to India and Australia. After producing an acclaimed life of Admiral Karl Donitz, he wrote biographies of two other Nazi leaders. His work as a naval historian received show more the Mountbatten Maritime Prize. show less
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- 940.54 — History & geography History of Europe History of Europe 1918- Military history of World War II
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- DD256.35 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Germany History of Germany History By period Modern, 1519- 19th-20th centuries Revolution and Republic, 1918- Hitler, 1933-1945. National socialism Period of World War II, 1939-1945
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