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The memoir The Sands of the Orient (1949), part of the autobiographical work of the British diplomat, soldier and writer Fitzroy Maclean (1911–1996), describes his adventures in the diplomatic service and World War II.
The book provides a detailed account of naval conflicts in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II, with particular emphasis on the Battle of the Atlantic Convoy and the activities of German submarines – the so-called "invisible enemy".
The attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944 in today's Germany is not exactly celebrated, regardless of the thousands executed, nor is the heroic undertaking of the one-armed war veteran Claus von Stauffenberg particularly glorified.