The Hitler–Hess Deception

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Martin Allen. The Hitler–Hess Deception

Maps

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Prologue

CHAPTER 1. An Unlikely Triumvirate

CHAPTER 2. Peaceable Attempts

CHAPTER 3. Flag-Waving

CHAPTER 4. Negotiation

CHAPTER 5. A Tense Spring

CHAPTER 6. Someone is Expected

CHAPTER 7. An Emissary Comes

CHAPTER 8. A Fatal Decision

Epilogue

Postscript

Source Notes

Footnotes. CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgements

Copyright

About the Publisher

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Greater Germany as conceived by Karl Haushofer

The route of Hess’s Me-110, 10 May 1941

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The impression has always been given that the Second World War was Hitler’s attempt at total European and then world domination, but this is not necessarily completely accurate. The above statement, allied to Map 2, is a much closer approximation of what Hitler’s war objectives really were.

Despite the ambiguity of this title, defined as ‘a Minister without an office or papers of state’, and the fact that his role during the 1930s has been largely overlooked, Hess’s position as Deputy-Führer was an important one. Whilst he did not have a prominent Ministry which people could easily identify him with (such as the air force under Göring, or propaganda under Goebbels), Hess nevertheless held a position of great power, working behind the scenes, making sure that the National Socialist machinery of state worked.

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