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DISOBEYING HITLER also by randall hansen Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942–1945 G E R M A N R E S I S TA N C E A F T E R V A L K Y R I E 1 1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford New York Auckland CapeTown Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 © Randall Hansen 2014 First published in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited as Disobeying Hitler: German Resistance After O peration Valkyrie All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hansen, Randall. Disobeying Hitler : German resistance after Valkyrie / Randall Hansen. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-19-992792-0 1. Anti-Nazi movement--Germany--History. 2. Government, Resistance to--Germany-- History--20th century. 3. Dissenters--Germany--History--20th century. 4. Opposition (Political science)--Germany. 5. Strategy--History--20th century. 6. Germany--Military policy. 7. Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Military leadership. 8. Germany--History--1933-1945. I. Title. DD256.3.H347 2014 943.086--dc23 2013036310 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper For Kieran Hitler’s Germany has neither a past nor a future. Its only purpose is destruction, and destroyed it shall be. thomas mann CONTENTS Introduction | 1 1. War, Atrocities, Resistance | 3 2. The Coup against Hitler | 25 3. From Failing Hands: The Coup in Paris | 30 4. Paris, July 20, 1944: The SS Locked Down | 38 5. The Resistance’s Last Hope: Rommel against Hitler | 45 6. Hitler’s Revenge | 59 7. Did a Prussian Save Paris? | 73 8. To Destroy the City of Light | 84 9. Paris in Revolt | 99 10. Paris Liberated, Paris Spared | 108 11. Normandy South: The Invasion of Southern France | 121 12. Forts and Fortresses: Toulon | 134 13. Europe’s Lifeline: Marseille | 142 14. Violence Comes Home: Preparing the Defence of the Reich | 153 15. To Destroy Germany: Hitler and Scorched Earth | 161 16. Fighting to the Last Man: The Allies at the Rhine | 172 17. Hitler Rages | 188 18. The Siege of Düsseldorf | 205 19. Dying So That They May Live: Central Germany | 232

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On July 20, 1944, Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was executed in the courtyard of the Third Reich's military headquarters in Berlin for attempting to assassinate Adolf Hitler. A member of the unsuccessful plot to overthrow the Nazi government -- codenamed Operation Valkyrie -- Stauffenbe
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