Five Past Midnight

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Towards the end of WWII, Theodore Roosevelt was having a meeting on how he could end the war. Director of the Office of Strategic Services (William Donovan) was summing up the war in 3 sentences. First, each and every day the war continued in Europe, 27,000 men, women & children would die. Second, a group of German officers were ready to assume leadership of the Third Reich if an opportunity would arise, and would instantly surrender. Finally, it had been confirmed that General Eisenhowers' report that the SS is preparing a national redoubt in the Bavarian Alp, where Hitler may be able to carry on for 2 or more years. Hitler had recently pledged that he will fight 'until five minutes past midnight'.

This is at a time when Roosevelt was failing in health and he was afraid Hitler would outlive him. Hitler was now a mad man that ranted and raved, thought everyone was out to get him (even his most devoted followers), spit ran from the corner of his mouth, he stayed underground all the time and he now had no use of his lest arm. It was at this time a plan was formed and approved to send someone to assassinate Hitler.

The man that was to accomplish this was Captain Jack Cray. H

The last player in this plan would be Utrich Kahr. He worked in the underground bunker that Hitler and his top men lived in. He was the only one who could keep the machines running that supplied fresh air to the underground bunker. He had 3 sons. Two had died in the war and Hitler just told him his 3rd son was now dead. Kahr knew Hitlers mind was slipping fast and was worried about the future of his country. Katrina and Cray got a hold of him and proved to him that his third son was not dead but in a prison camp. In exchange for his help, they would rescue his son and reunite them.

Another important player in this plan would be Katrin von Tornitz. Her young husband had been killed in the early part of the war. She now wanted to war to end and not have the crazy Hitler destroy anymore of her countrymen. She would received coded messages on the radio and decode them. She was to wait for the arrival of the 'Horseman', which was Jack Cray. She helped to form the plan to get Hitler while he was in his underground bunker.

This is like entering an unknown country

It is like finding a needle in the hay stack

Another example is when we sent an assassin to kill Hitler but didn't know where he was.

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Approximate Word count = 1049
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels

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