THE FACTS ABOUT THE NSDAP AND THE RISE OF THE THIRD REICH. 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)
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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.
1933 BERLIN
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| 0:37.0 | The book is Coffee with Hitler, the untold story of the amateur spies who tried to |
| 0:41.2 | civilize the Nazis. The catastrophes ahead, it is May of |
| 0:45.2 | 1937, the coronation, George the 6th, the embassy, the German embassy in |
| 0:51.5 | London is three buildings put together by the |
| 0:55.7 | ribbon drops and we need to introduce a driving force in ribbon drops attempt to |
| 1:02.2 | win the affection of the British public and then eventually to put |
| 1:07.0 | the two states together. |
| 1:09.1 | And the formula being Germany will take care of the continent and England can pay attention to its |
| 1:14.6 | empire on the seas. However the ribbon drops are guided by Anelise Ribbentrop and I |
| 1:20.5 | tell Charles we must attend to Analice because she outlived Ribbentrop who was hanged in 1945 I believe and 47 |
| 1:30.1 | 47 thank you and she wrote afterwards about her memories of living in London where she was |
| 1:38.0 | offended by the English habit of making fun of newcomers or the new boys. |
| 1:43.0 | Analese, she was well to do when she married |
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