{"product_id":"disobeying-hitler-randall-hansen","title":"Disobeying Hitler- Randall Hansen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback-New\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA chilling look at Nazi Germany in collapse' Globe and Mail'Excellent' Evening Standard | 'Fascinating' Ben MacintyreRaze Paris to the ground. Burn the bridges. Destroy all industry.These were just a few of the insane orders issued by Hitler in the closing months of the Second World War, as the Allies made their unstoppable advance on Germany.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHad it not been for the determination and bravery of a few Germans officers and ordinary civilians who disobeyed Hiter, Europe might have been a scorched ruin. Many paid with their lives. Might Rommel have opened the Western Front to the Allies on 20 July 1944 had he not been shot at a few days earlier? Did Albert Speer single-handedly prevent the destruction of bridges, factories and towns? Did a Prussian general save Paris?In this compelling book, distinguished historian Randall Hansen explores the extraordinary phenomenon of disobedience-as-resistance and its effect on both the war and its aftermath.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA gripping account of German resistance to Hitler's tyranny in the last year of World War Two, in its 80th anniversary year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foster’s Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56624402366841,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0956\/9085\/0681\/files\/IMG-1659.heic?v=1770467580","url":"https:\/\/fostersbooks.com\/products\/disobeying-hitler-randall-hansen","provider":"Foster’s Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}