English Summary/英文概要: In Operation Valkyrie, Jesús Hernández successfully relates the details, the personalities, and the motivations behind this conspiracy, which the reader follows step by step until the ill-fated ending The year is 1943 and Coronel Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg has just been transferred to Berlin to serve under General Friedrich Olbricht, member of a resistance committee that begins to lay out a plan to assassinate Hitler. Olbricht already has more than 200 recruits in different levels of German society, including in the intelligence and counterintelligence divisions of the military. The objective is to eliminate Hitler, Göring, and Himmler, neutralize the SS, and install a provision government that would try to make peace with the West and stop the war. Von Stauffenberg, despite his war injuries (he has lost an eye and several fingers on one hand), wants to carry out the assassination. The conspirators have their doubt: Is he capable of activating the bomb? They finally concede to letting him do it because they understand that his handicaps will reduce outside suspicions. After July 1st, von Stauffenberg makes several attempts at completing his mission, but is never able to catch the targeted victims together at the same time. Finally, though, on July 20, 1944, the perfect opportunity presents itself. .
Chinese Summary/中文概要: 1944年7月20日,一批對納粹深惡痛絕的德國軍人密謀策劃了一起暗殺納粹狂魔希特勒的行動,一枚炸彈在希特勒的“狼窩司令部”發生爆炸,但炸彈只炸死另外4人,希特勒卻死裡逃生。歷史學家一直認為,倘若事成,二次大戰可能提早結束,幾百萬條性命不致白白犧牲,歷史也將重新改寫。
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About the Author/作者介绍: Jesús Hernández為西班牙著名的歷史學家及記者,特別對二次大戰的歷史有深入的研究,也出版了許多相關此方面的著作並翻譯成多國語言。 Jesús Hernández is a historian and journalist who, in a short period of time, has become the author who has sold more books on World War II in Spain than any other. With a degree in Contemporary History and Information Sciences, he has published various book dealing with this conflict, including Las cien mejores anécdotas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (2004), Hechos insólitos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (2005), Enigmas and Mysteries of World War II (2006), A Brief History of World War II (2006), Astonishing Stories of World War II (2006), and All That You Should Know about the World War I (2007). |