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Alpha Threat

 

 

Alpha

Threat

 

 

By Ron Smoak

 

 

 

For my wife, Lee

And my Granddaughter Elise

 

Copyright

 

This is a work of fiction.
 
Certain real locations are included but the names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
 
Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
 

 

Ron Smoak

Canton, Georgia

www.ron-smoak-books.com

 

Copyright ©2012 by Ronald A. Smoak

 

All rights reserved.
 
Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, transmitted or distributed in any printed or electronic form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

 

Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights.
 
Purchase only authorized editions.

 

ISBN-10:
 
0985888202 (ebook)

ISBN-13:
 
978-0-9858882-0-6 (ebook)

ISBN-10:
 
0985888210 (Paperback)

ISBN-13:
 
978-0-9858882-1-3 (Paperback)

 

 

Cover Design by AMDesign Studios

Ebook Design by AMDesign Studios – 15 Aug 2012

 

The author has made every effort to provide accurate telephone numbers and Internet addresses at the time of publication.
 
Neither the publisher nor the author assumes any responsibility for errors or for changes that occur after publication.
 
The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for the author or third-party websites or their content.

 
  

Acknowledgements

 

When one writes their first book, the number of acknowledgments may span many years.
 
In my case it goes back to Northwood Junior High School in Greenville, SC.
 

 

Thanks to Mrs. Miriam O’Dell, my 7
th
grade American History teacher who required us to write term papers in class without notes; she taught me so much about retaining knowledge and writing even though she was not an English teacher.
 
I will never forget her.
 

 

Thanks to all of the people throughout my life that told me I should write a book; it only took forty or more years to follow their suggestions.
  

 
 

Thanks to my family and neighbors; who were sick and tired of hearing about my characters and plots.
 

 

Thanks to Sherry Ruschell; she kept me writing by always providing the needed editing and support.
 

 

Thanks to Guido Broder; he helped me with the German phrases.
 

 

And last but not least, a huge thank you to my wonderful wife, Lee.
 
She pushed me when I needed pushing and added immeasurable support for my crazy idea of becoming an author.

 

Contents

Copyright

Acknowledgments

Preface

Part 1

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Part 2

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

Chapter 51

Chapter 52

Chapter 53

Chapter 54

Chapter 55

Chapter 56

Chapter 57

Chapter 58

Chapter 59

Chapter 60

Chapter 61

Chapter 62

Chapter 63

Chapter 64

Chapter 65

Chapter 66

Chapter 67

Chapter 68

Chapter 69

Chapter 70

Epilogue

About the Author

Connect with Ron Smoak

 

 

 

A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
 

 

 

 

- Tecumseh

 

 

Preface

 

When World War I ended on November 11, 1918, Germany was in shambles.
 
The economy was wrecked and inflation soared.
 
The German people suffered immensely during the years between 1919 and the early 1920’s.
 
The common German yearned for relief.
 
This feeling of despair led to the rise of a nationalistic spirit nurtured by the far-right racist nationalist movement led by Anton Drexler and later by Adolph Hitler.
 

 

NDAP – Nazi Party

The movement was first devised to move workers away from communist groups to a nationalist workers party.
 
It later became the major political party in Germany.
 
Thus the NDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, commonly known as the German Nazi Party came into existence.
 
When President Paul Von Hindenburg appointed Adolph Hitler Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Nazi party enabled Hitler to form the Third Reich.
 
This totalitarian regime became known simply as the Nazis.
 
They believed in a pure Aryan race, superior to all others.
 
A sub group to the Nazis, the Sturmabteilung (SA) carried out attacks on all those opposing the Nazis, wreaking havoc across Germany with physical attacks on Jews, communists and inferior races.
 
Nazis became the ugly face of Germany during their move to conquer Europe during World War II.
 

 

The SS

As the Nazi Party took control in Germany, a security organization was created to keep order both within the party and at meetings.
 
The Schutzstaffel or the SS was formed as a quasi-military organization reporting directly to Adolph Hitler.
 
Originally a volunteer group made up of NDAP/Nazi Party members, this group served the party throughout Germany in late 1929 under Heinrich Himmler, the leader or Reichsführer of the SS.
 
The SS implemented the extermination of the Jews; the “Final Solution” becoming one of the most feared groups in World War II.
 
Their ruthlessness and cruelty became infamous as they tortured and killed approximately twelve million people throughout Europe.
 
As the Second World War worsened, the SS was also pressed into regular military service and became the German Army’s most elite fighting force.
 

 

The Gestapo

When Nazi Germany was formed, Hitler felt the need for a police-like organization to ferret out anyone or group that opposed the Nazis.
 
In late 1934, Hitler appointed SS Leader Heinrich Himmler the Chief of German Police.
 
Himmler created the Geheime Staatspolizei, the Gestapo - the Secret State Police.
 
The Gestapo became the shadowy, ruthless secret police group that at its pinnacle had over 100,000 spies and informants throughout Europe and the world.
 
Their actions were unquestioned for the most part as they assassinated anti-Nazi supporters and political opponents.
 
Their authority spanned nearly all agencies with particular actions against espionage, sabotage and treason against Germany.
 
They operated above and beyond the judicial system.
 
Famous for literally kidnapping citizens for mere rumor of discontent, the Gestapo became the most feared secret organization in the world.
 

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