MORE REMINDER THAT THE ACTUAL CORRUPTION OF THE GERMAN REPUBLIC, 1933-1939, WAS NOTHING ANALOGOUS TO THE TURBULENCE IN THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC, 2016-2025: 12/16: Coffee With Hitler: The Untold Story of the Amateur Spies Who Tried to Civilize the Nazis by
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 16 June 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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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.
1936 HELSINKI
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