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Book 2001

Disobeying Hitler

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Publisher
Faber & Faber
Published
2001
  • Anti-nazi movement
  • Destruction and pillage
  • End
  • History
  • Resistance to Government
  • Dissenters
  • Opposition (Political science)
  • Strategy

In the last months of the war, Hitler ordered the poisoning, blocking, and wrecking of all ports across Europe; the destruction of all industries, railroads, bridges, utilities supplies, archives and museums in Europe; and the destruction of the most beautiful city in the world: Paris. Thanks to the determination and bravery of a few, including those who paid with their lives, Hitler's orders were often disobeyed. The result was a profound and lasting effect on the war and its aftermath. Randall Hansen explores the extraordinary phenomenon of disobedience and its consequences.