Göring. A Biography

   The Winter Ball Hitler had laid down the new pecking order in the Reich at his first diplomatic reception after t ...

 person dictating foreign policy in Germany, and that is Hitler himself.” At first there had seemed no urgency about Austria. ...

 which the agitated Austrian envoy, Stefan Tauschitz, had re- ported in jealous detail to Vienna. On January , Göring had m ...

 him call imperiously for General Keitel  a hint that he was go- ing to use armed force. Schuschnigg made no difficulty abou ...

 belated congratulations on Schmidt’s appointment as foreign minister in Vienna. This letter was found years later, still uns ...

 troops to come in and “restore order.” Göring did not at first see the point of such a stunt  “We don’t need it,” he told H ...

 Schuschnigg stalled for time. At :, Seyss-Inquart phoned Göring from Vienna saying that the chancellor had agreed to post ...

 At five-thirty he received a call from the staff in Seyss-Inquart’s chambers in Vienna’s Herrengasse. He could hear the pani ...

 “withdrawn,” leaving everything in suspense. “Okay,” replied Göring “I’m going to order the invasion.... Tell those in charg ...

 “I always knew we could bank on Mussolini,” Hitler con- gratulated Göring. “This is the happiest moment of my life. Not for ...

 Göring’s vague plan now was that President Miklas should step down, to allow Hitler to be voted in as president of Austria. ...

 tionalists, exiled by Schuschnigg, poured back in, thirsting for revenge, twenty-five thousand Viennese Jews stampeded acros ...

 teeny-weeny bit concerned about Czechoslovakia. : Oh no, no. There’s no question of that at all. ... Yes, I’m convince ...

 him out of the Gestapo’s clutches and bring him straight to Carinhall. He waved a jocular hand at his wall fresco. “Well, Sc ...

 booked a phone call on Saturday evening but it kept getting delayed by official flash connections [Blitz- gesprächen], and t ...

 The court of honor resumed, after this seven-day inter- lude, on March , . Under the guidance of the tall, thin army p ...

 my word that no harm will come to you.” “This morning,” explained Schmidt, “Kriminalrat Meis- inger sent for me and said tha ...

 promised Schmidt his personal protection if he told the truth  “your agreement for recommending that consent be given for S ...

   Blame It on Napoleon A few days after the court of honor finally adjourned, George Ward Price, the British journa ...

 nipulated the levers and shunted trains around the hundreds of feet of track, the field marshal began to talk. He talked of ...