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Originally posted by AlphaSigOU
Haven't read that particular book... but I'll keep it in mind to read it if I see it.
William L. Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is probably one of the best (and concise) books about that dark period in German history. Harder to find is his other book Berlin Diary, a first hand account of living in Berlin as the CBS correspondent there during the rise of Nazi Germany and the early years of WW II.
A well-researched and concise history of the dreaded SS is The Order of the Death's Head by Heinz Höhne.
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I've read the first two (well, almost finished with
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich), but haven't heard of the third book. I'll trot on over to Amazon.com right now!
My understanding on Rommel was that those in charge of the July 20, 1944 plot kept lists of who was going to hold which position in the "new Germany", and he was fairly prominent on the lists. It was never confirmed whether or not he even knew about the list. That's part of
The Berlin Diaries that I mentioned; Missie was the secretary for Adam von Trott, and kept copious notes on the plot in a secret shorthand, which she translated just prior to her death. She mentions all sorts of names of those involved, including the Bismarks.
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