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Night of the Assassins

The Untold Story of Hitler's Plot to Kill FDR, Churchill, and Stalin

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Night of the Assassins

Written by: Howard Blum
Narrated by: Michael Kramer
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The New York Times best-selling author returns with a tale as riveting and suspenseful as any thriller: the true story of the Nazi plot to kill the leaders of the United States, Great Britain, and the USSR during World War II.

The mission: to kill the three most important and heavily guarded men in the world.

The assassins: a specially trained team headed by the killer known as the Most Dangerous Man in Europe.

The stakes: nothing less than the future of the Western world.

The year is 1943, and the three Allied leaders - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin - are meeting for the first time at a top-secret conference in Tehran. But the Nazis have learned about the meeting, and Hitler sees it as his last chance to turn the tide. Although the war is undoubtedly lost, the Germans believe that perhaps a new set of Allied leaders might be willing to make a more reasonable peace in its aftermath. And so, a plan is devised - code name Operation Long Jump - to assassinate FDR, Churchill, and Stalin.

Immediately, a highly trained, hand-picked team of Nazi commandos is assembled, trained, armed with special weapons, and parachuted into Iran. They have six days to complete the daring assignment before the statesmen will return home. With no margin for error and little time to spare, Mike Reilly, the head of FDR’s Secret Service detail - a man from a Montana silver mining town who describes himself as "an Irish cop with more muscle than brains" - must overcome his suspicions and instincts to work with a Soviet agent from the NKVD (the precursor to the KGB) to save the three most powerful men in the world.

The Night of the Assassins is a suspenseful true-life tale about an impossible mission, a ticking clock, and one man who stepped up to the challenge and prevented a world catastrophe.

©2020 Howard Blum (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers
20th Century Germany Wars & Conflicts Military Espionage Assassin War Franklin D Roosevelt Winston Churchill Stalin Imperialism
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Fantastic read

Definitely an interesting part of WWII history I wasn’t aware of. Would definitely recommend to anyone.

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What a great book! This is a very important slice of World War II history that was unknown until now. It read like a thriller, but it was better, because it was real. Lots of insight on Roosevelt and his security detail, Mike Reilly, and what it took to protect him. The story is written through the lens of Reilly, while also following the Nazi personally charged by Hitler on his deadly mission. The risk to FDR, Churchill and Stalin when they met in Iran was tremendous. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

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