7/16: Coffee With Hitler: The Untold Story of the Amateur Spies Who Tried to Civilize the Nazis Hardcover – September 6, 2022 by Charles Spicer (Author8
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7/16: Coffee With Hitler: The Untold Story of the Amateur Spies Who Tried to Civilize the Nazis Hardcover – September 6, 2022 by Charles Spicer (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Coffee-Hitler-Untold-Amateur-Civilize/dp/1639362266
"How might the British have handled Hitler differently?” remains one of history’s greatest "what ifs."
Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding story of how a handful of amateur British intelligence agents wined, dined, and befriended the leading National Socialists between the wars. With support from royalty, aristocracy, politicians, and businessmen, they hoped to use the recently founded Anglo-German Fellowship as a vehicle to civilize and enlighten the Nazis.
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| 0:00.0 | Elevate your summer nights with all the indulgence of the new Magnum Double Star Chaser. |
| 0:07.0 | With cracking chocolate, popcorn flavor and rich caramel sauce for the night. |
| 0:15.0 | Pleasure is always on. |
| 0:17.0 | Magnum, true to pleasure. |
| 0:25.0 | I'm John that's with Charles Spicer. |
| 0:27.0 | The book is coffee with Hitler, the untold story of the amateur spies who tried to civilize the Nazis. |
| 0:33.0 | The catastrophes ahead, it is May of 1937, the coronation, George VI. |
| 0:38.0 | The embassy, the German embassy in London, is free buildings put together by the ribbon trops. |
| 0:47.0 | We need to introduce a driving force in ribbon trops attempt to win the affection of the British public and then eventually to put the two states together. |
| 0:58.0 | The formula being Germany will take care of the continent and England can pay attention to its empire on the seas. |
| 1:06.0 | However, the ribbon trops are guided by Annalise ribbon trop. |
| 1:10.0 | I tell Charles we must attend to Annalise because she outlived ribbon trop who was hanged in 1945, I believe. |
| 1:19.0 | 47. |
| 1:20.0 | 47, thank you. |
| 1:21.0 | She wrote afterwards about her memories of living in London where she was offended by the English habit of making fun of newcomers or the new boys. |
| 1:33.0 | Annalise, she was well to do when she married. |
| 1:36.0 | Walk him and fun ribbon trop. |
| 1:38.0 | As I remember, her father was a champagne maker, is that right Charles? |
| 1:43.0 | Yes, sect, which is the German version of champagne, the Henkel family. |
| 1:47.0 | And the Henkel brand is still, I believe, the leading brand of sparkling German wine. |
| 1:52.0 | And her ambitions were to dominate British society. |
| 1:58.0 | She wanted her son to eat and her daughter privately schooled or to a private school that is equal to eaten. |
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