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9/16: Coffee With Hitler: The Untold Story of the Amateur Spies Who Tried to Civilize the Nazis Hardcover – September 6, 2022 by Charles Spicer (Author)

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9/16: 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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0:41.0

Coffee with Hitler. To continue the story in the tragedy of 1938 and afterwards with Charles

0:48.2

Spicer. The subtitle tells a piece of the scale. The untold story of the amateur spies who

0:55.9

tried to civilize the Nazis. It is 1938, our protagonist, Mr. Christie, Mr. Conwell Evans,

1:05.5

and Mr. Tenet, are moving back and forth between Germany and their colleagues in Britain

1:11.3

and their control, a man by the name of Robert Fensittart, who was until 1938. The senior

1:21.2

public servant in the British government, an allordily title. Now he has not moved his

1:27.9

office. He's just been moved aside from the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, the new

1:32.7

Prime Minister. But Fensittart is very much the M of the James Bond world. You can think

1:39.0

of him that way. Tenet and Christie and a C.E. Conwell Evans act as his agents. Charles

1:49.3

wonderful to continue the story. First of all, then Sittart, we need to establish his credentials

1:56.3

and how he will lead part of the anti-apisers in these next years. What do we need to know

2:03.2

about him? What was his strength in the government? Good evening, too.

2:08.8

Absolutely. Vanta Tarts, a fascinating character because he appears and behaves like a politician

2:18.1

when in fact he's a civil servant. The civil servants of that era were typically somewhat

2:25.5

in the background, although they may well have been noted for their services. They were

2:31.1

discrete and often very low key. Their profile was relatively low. They left the grand

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