Hitler's last plot

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In April 1945, as Germany faced imminent defeat, Hitler devised a plan to gather the Third Reich's most valuable prisoners to his "Alpine Fortress," intending to use them as human shields against the advancing Allies. This group included European leaders, military generals, British secret agents, anti-Nazi clerics, and those connected to the failed July 1944 assassination attempt on Hitler, along with their families. The SS received orders that if the military situation worsened, all 139 prisoners were to be executed. This set off a tense and deadly drama, with some prisoners plotting escape while others resigned themselves to their fate. The SS guards, increasingly volatile and intoxicated, posed a significant threat as defeat loomed. A dramatic standoff between the SS and the Wehrmacht put the hostages in peril, while the US Army initiated a desperate rescue mission to save them before tragedy struck. Drawing from previously unpublished sources, this account reveals the harrowing ordeal of the prisoners, from their initial capture to their eventual rescue, presenting one of World War II's most gripping and overlooked episodes in a thrilling narrative.