CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
ORIGINS
The roots of resisitance
The German military and Hitler
The coming of war
INITIAL STRATEGY
Failures and frustrations
New opportunities
THE PLAN
A difficult target
Hitler’s personal security
The conspirators
The plan takes shape
THE RAID
15 July: a missed opportunity
To the Wolfsschanze
The reckoning
Isolating the Wolfsschanze
The Führer takes stock
Stauffenberg and Haeften return to Berlin
The conspirators’ dilemma
Arrival in Berlin
Stauffenberg confronts Fromm
Success and failure in the Wehrkreise
Events in Vienna
Events in Prague
Indecision in France
Berlin – the epicentre of the coup
The vital transmitters
The Berlin police
Initial success in Berlin
The plan unravels
Major Otto Remer
The coup fails
AFTERMATH
Hitler’s vengeance
Changes in the Nazi hierarchy
The consequences for Hitler
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY