The Nazi Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
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4.2 • 285 Ratings
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- $12.99
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Publisher Description
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"An absolute home run! You will never look at WWII the same way again." —Brad Thor, #1 bestselling author
"Meltzer and Mensch are masters." —Jon Meacham, author The Soul of America
"A true story that reads like a thriller." —Alexander S. Vindman, LT. Col., U.S. Army (Ret.)
"An outstanding and memorable reading experience....a true page-turner from beginning to end." —Bookreporter.com
From the New York Times bestselling authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true story of a Nazi plot to kill FDR, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill at the height of World War II.
In 1943, as the war against Nazi Germany raged abroad, President Franklin Roosevelt had a critical goal: a face-to-face sit-down with his allies Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. This first-ever meeting of the Big Three in Tehran, Iran, would decide some of the most crucial strategic details of the war. Yet when the Nazis found out about the meeting, their own secret plan took shape—an assassination plot that would’ve changed history.
A true story filled with daring rescues, body doubles, and political intrigue, The Nazi Conspiracy details FDR’s pivotal meeting in Tehran and the deadly Nazi plot against the heads of state of the three major Allied powers who attended it.
With all the hallmarks of a Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch page-turner, The Nazi Conspiracy explores the great political minds of the twentieth century, investigating the pivotal years of the war in gripping detail. This meeting of the Big Three changed the course of World War II. Here’s the inside story of how it almost led to a world-shattering disaster.
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Meltzer and Mensch follow up The Lincoln Conspiracy with an action-packed account of the German plan to assassinate the leaders of the U.S., Britain, and the Soviet Union in Tehran in 1943. The story begins after the plot has been discovered, with Franklin Roosevelt hunkered down in the back of a nondescript car on his way to the Soviet embassy while his body double rides through the city's streets in a presidential motorcade. From there, the authors flash backward, recounting the attack on Pearl Harbor; Allied assassinations of enemy leaders, including Japanese admiral Isoroku Yamamoto; and the infiltration of Iran by German spies including Franz Mayr, a sleeper agent who kept his affiliation with Nazi intelligence secret despite not getting any communications from his superiors for almost two years. Though Mayr was arrested by British intelligence, the German paratroopers he helped infiltrate into Iran remained, and when a Turkish valet assigned to the British ambassador to Iran leaked information about the top-secret summit, Nazi officials hatched a plan to use the commandos to assassinate the "Big Three"—or so Soviet intelligence officials claimed. Meltzer and Mensch acknowledge doubts about the plot's actual existence yet convincingly argue that it was real, and provide necessary historical context while setting a brisk, thriller-like pace. WWII buffs will be enthralled.
Customer Reviews
Interesting Book
So this book did a good job of incorporating the overall history of World War II with the more detailed story of the assassination attempt. I’m a huge fan of history, so this was an awesome format for me. I recommend it to anyone looking to increase their knowledge of the war, and also to those hoping to learn about this little known plot that surrounded the Tehran conference.
Job
Great!
Informative narrative about the interactions of the Big Three
Provides a lot of likely true information about the gatherings of FDR, Churchill and Stalin and it’s context in the war. The major premise of the book about the assassination plot only plays a minor part of the story plus, since the plot never came close to being carried out, if it existed at all, there was no real suspense or climax. However it gave a new perspective on the diplomatic aspects of the war effort.