Kill the Fuhrer: Section X and Operation Foxley

During the Second World War, Britain's top secret Special Operations Executive plotted to assassinate Hitler. A small department of SOE known as Section X had the tantalisingly complex task of investigating how, when and where the deed might be done. The section also envisaged killing Goebbels, Himmler and other selected members of Hitler's inner circle. Only Section X and a handful of other SOE staff knew of these projects, respectively codenamed Operation Foxley and the Little Foxleys. As history has shown, these schemes turned out to be pipedreams. Even so, Section X, renamed the German Directorate in 1944, made a huge contribution to the Allied war effort through organising sabotage and the clandestine distribution of black propaganda. This is the full and fascinating story, based on top secret documents and private sources.