THE FACTS ABOUT THE NSDAP AND THE RISE OF THE THIRD REICH. 6 /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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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.
1937 BERLINERS
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| 0:36.8 | His book is Coffee with Hitler, the untold story of the amateur spies who tried to |
| 0:40.4 | civilize the Nazis. |
| 0:43.0 | And their failure does not undermine the credit |
| 0:46.6 | they deserve for seeking peace. |
| 0:48.5 | They couldn't see the future. |
| 0:49.8 | They could know the past, which |
| 0:51.6 | was the horror of the Great War a whole generation |
| 0:56.1 | and a half dead on the battlefield for nothing no game and a breakup of |
| 1:01.8 | families and empires. |
| 1:04.0 | We now come to Victoria Station, |
| 1:07.0 | Charles Salesman, |
| 1:08.0 | Victoria Station, arriving are the Ribbentrops, |
| 1:11.0 | Annalese, and we walk him Ribbentrop's, Anilise and Wachim Ribbentrop to represent Germany as the new ambassador, |
| 1:18.3 | replacing a man who was extremely successful. |
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