{"product_id":"disobeying-hitler","title":"Disobeying Hitler","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e''A chilling look at Nazi Germany in collapse'' \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e''Excellent'' \u003cem\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/em\u003e | ''Fascinating'' Ben Macintyre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eRaze Paris to the ground. Burn the bridges. Destroy all industry.\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMight 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA gripping account of German resistance to Hitler’s tyranny in the last year of World War Two, in its 80th anniversary year.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57395193774462,"sku":"NW9781835980569","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781835980569.jpg?v=1778630102","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/disobeying-hitler","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}