Most people know that Himmler tried to negotiate with the Western Allies in the last weeks of the war in Europe, but few realise that he actually negotiated extensively with the British and Americans going all the way back to 1940 his aim? Topple Hitler, make himself leader and end the war in the West. It has also been suspected that Himmler had links with the German resistance movement, links nobody talks about today. Find the full story here...

Dr. Mark Felton is a wellknown British historian, the author of 22 nonfiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Fe...

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Credits: Army Medical Services Museum, Surrey; Military Intelligence Museum, Chicksands, Bedfordshire; Imperial War Museum; US National Archives; Library of Congress; US Department of State; Bobak Ha'Eri; Fornax

Sources
'A Deal with the Nazi Dictatorship?: Himmler's Alleged Peace Emissaries in Autumn 1943', Richard Breitman, Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 30, No.3, July 1995
Himmler's Secret War: The Covert Peace Negotiations of Heinrich Himmler', Gene Mueller, The Journal of Military History, Vol. 70, No. 3, July 2006
Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1944, General, Volume 1: The Office of the Historian, US Department of State, Washington DC
SS1: The Unlikely Death of Heinrich Himmler, Hugh Thomas, (London: Fourth Estate, 2001)
'ReichsfuhrerSS Himmler Pitches Washington: Dispatch from Wartime Sweden', John H. Waller, Central Intelligence Agency