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The History of WWII Podcast

Episode 187-Interview with Scott Miller

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

Education, History, Society & Culture

4.44.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2017

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Mr. Miller's latest book, Agent 110: An American Spymaster and the German Resistance in WWII, covers America's attempt to build an espionage network after Pearl Harbor, which leads Allen Dulles to met up with a strange cast of characters, some want to help Germany end the war and some only want to help themselves. Those conspirators within Nazi Germany have to content with Hitler's popularity after his many military successes, but then get a chance after his failure in Russia, namely Operation Valkyrie. Joins us as we discover who was Allen Dulles and how early there was talk of getting rid of Hitler.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hello, and thank you for listening to a live recording of the History of World War

0:13.4

2 podcast, Episode 187.

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With us today is writer Scott Miller as we discuss his latest book, Agent 110, an American

0:23.0

Spine Master and the German Resistance in World War 2.

0:27.3

Scott Miller is a former correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and his first book,

0:32.1

The President and the Assassin, McKinley, Terror and Empire at the Donner of the American

0:37.3

Century, was a newsweek must read summer selection.

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Mr. Miller spent nearly two decades in Asia and Europe reporting from more than 25 countries.

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This book, Agent 110, covers the secret and suspenseful account of how OSS Spine Master

0:54.4

Alondollas led a network of Germans conspiring to assassinate Hitler and negotiate surrender

1:00.5

to bring about the end of World War 2 before the Soviets advance.

1:06.5

So Mr. Miller, thank you very much for being with us today.

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I certainly appreciate your time.

1:10.9

Thanks so much for having me.

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Absolutely.

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So just to start off, to let all the readers know right off the bat, this was an absolute

1:17.8

cork over read.

1:19.4

I was able to, even after all these years of reading stuff about World War 2 since I was

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12 years old, I was able to learn a lot and that's always nice to turn a page and go,

1:27.6

I didn't know that.

1:28.6

So that's great.

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I think at some point in the book, you're throwing in Julia Childs, Lenin and even Carl

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