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The Truth About Rudolf Hess
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Rudolf Hess' flight to Britain in May 1941 stands out as one of the most intriguing and bizarre episodes of the Second World War.In The Truth About Rudolf Hess, Lord James Douglas-Hamilton explores many of the myths which still surround the affair. He traces the developments which persuaded Hess to undertake the flight without Hitlers knowledge and shows why he chose to approach the Duke of Hamilton. In the process he throws light on the importance of Albrect Haushofer, one-time envoy to Hitler and Ribbentrop and personal advisor to Hess, who was eventually executed by the SS for his involvement in the German Resistance movement.Drawing on British War Cabinet papers and the authors unparalleled access to both the Hamilton papers and the Haushofer letters, this new and expanded edition of The Truth About Rudolf Hess takes the reader into the heart of the Third Reich, combining adventure and intrigue with a scholarly historical approach.
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Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- The New Foreword 2016
- Introduction
- Prologue
- PART I: THE WORK OF ALBRECHT HAUSHOFER
- 1. Early Days
- 2. Under Hess’s Protection: 1933
- 3. Personal Adviser: 1934
- 4. Missions for Hitler and Ribbentrop: 1936-7
- 5. The Olympic Games, the Luftwaffe and the British: 1936-8
- 6. Munich and Decline: 1938
- 7. A Message of Despair: July 1939
- PART II: THE HESS-HAUSHOFER PEACE FEELERS
- 1. Hess’s Decline and Hitler’s Peace Offers
- 2. A Tutorial for Hess: 8 September 1940
- 3. The Peace Feeler: 23 September 1940
- 4. The British Secret Service
- 5. The Leap into the Dark: 10 May 1941
- 6. Hess, Hamilton and Churchill: 11 May 1941
- 7. Hess’s Peace Terms: 12-15 May 1941
- 8. The Silence of the British Government: 1941
- 9. A Prisoner of War and Russian Suspicions
- PART III: THE FATE OF ALBRECHT HAUSHOFER
- 1. Turmoil at the Dictator’s Court: 11 May 1941
- 2. Hitler and Albrecht Haushofer: 12 May 1941
- 3. The Peace Memorandum: November 1941
- 4. Himmler’s Treachery and the July Plot: 1943-4
- 5. Hunted by the Gestapo: Moabit Prison 1944-5
- 6. The End: 1.05 a.m. 23 April 1945
- Epilogue
- Afterword
- Appendix I: The Sonnets of Moabit by Albrecht Haushofer
- Appendix II: Further Releases of Classified Material
- Sources and Select Bibliography
- Index
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