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The Kaiser's Dawn

The Kaiser's Dawn

The Untold Story of Britain's Secret Mission to Murder the Kaiser In 1918

by John Hughes-Wilson
Paperback
Publication Date: 11/09/2018

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In midsummer 1918, a top-secret mission was set in motion to kill Kaiser Wilhelm II. It was thought that killing the German head of state and commander-in-chief would serve as a mortal blow to the German forces, and that they would collapse very quickly after the assassination. Kept secret for a century, the plot is revealed in the historical thriller The Kaiser's Dawn, which John Hughes-Wilson has built from information discovered in never-before-published notebooks, maps, and pilots' flying records, and confirmed by material found in the RAF archives.

The implications of this secret attack raise many explosive new historical questions. Exactly who ordered the attack? Was the King informed of the attempt to kill his royal cousin? Did Prime Minister Lloyd George know? A century later, no one is certain--all that can be known for sure is that someone in the government must have sanctioned the plan.

Wilson has woven an exciting and well-paced historical novel to mark the centennial of this plot. The story explores areas rarely examined: secret service operations, undercover intelligence work, the very real political intrigues between government leadership and the generals, and the heroics of the air crews of the day, whose life expectancy at one point in 1917 was only eleven days in action. Fast-paced and full of intrigue, The Kaiser's Dawn brings this long-hidden episode of history back into the light.

ISBN:
9781911604396
9781911604396
Category:
First World War
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
11-09-2018
Language:
English
Publisher:
Unicorn Publishing Group
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
234.95x152.4x33.02mm
John Hughes-Wilson

Colonel John Hughes-Wilson is one of Britain's leading military historians, and a well-reviewed author and commentator on a wide range of intelligence and military-history subjects.

He was selected to be the author of the Imperial War Museum's A History of the First World War in 100 Objects for 2014, the centenary of the start of the Great War. He also wrote Intelligence Blunders, which was found at Osama Bin Laden's bedside and has become a CIA textbook.

John has been a frequent broadcaster for BBC television and radio and worked alongside Huw Edwards and David Dimbleby providing commentary for events including the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Falklands War. During his twenty-five years in the Intelligence Corps and as a Special Forces operations officer, John saw active service in the Falkland Islands, Cyprus, Arabia, and Northern Ireland, as well as in the dangerous jungles of Whitehall and NATO.

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