July 20 in 1944 .... a failed revolt against Hitler

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Hitler may have been killed in his fortress in East Prussia, the Wolfs.Schanze.

sadly the bomb did not explode at the place where Stauffenberg had put it.
 
Hitler may have been killed in his fortress in East Prussia, the Wolfs.Schanze.

sadly the bomb did not explode at the place where Stauffenberg had put it.

The bag was in someone's way and it was moved. The Count put the bag it was positioned to blow Adolph to pieces and for want of a nail,, the war was extended.
 
Hitler may have been killed in his fortress in East Prussia, the Wolfs.Schanze.

sadly the bomb did not explode at the place where Stauffenberg had put it.
The Road to Perdition Is Patrician

The Junker aristocracy made Hitler. They only revolted when it was obvious he couldn't win. If their slipshod plot had worked, they expected the grateful Allies to make their pompous and obsolete clique the new German oligarchy.
 
The Road to Perdition Is Patrician

The Junker aristocracy made Hitler. They only revolted when it was obvious he couldn't win. If their slipshod plot had worked, they expected the grateful Allies to make their pompous and obsolete clique the new German oligarchy.
Stauffenberg and most others were no Junker
 
Stauffenberg and most others were no Junker

Here is what people need to remember about Von Stauffenverge, he was just as much a Nazi as Jodl was, he just got fed up with Hitler. He was cool with killing the Jews, until he saw truly what Hitler was. He became very disillusioned with Hitler and happy to kill him, but he failed.
 
Hitler may have been killed in his fortress in East Prussia, the Wolfs.Schanze.

sadly the bomb did not explode at the place where Stauffenberg had put it.
Actually there were 2 bombs Stauffenberg only had time to activate 1. Had he put the other bomb in the case with the one he activated BOTH would have exploded killing everyone in the room.
 
The German assassins violated the "kiss" concept, "keep it simple stupid". They could have walked up to Hitler and put a bullet in him but instead they created an elaborate bomb plot that ended up pissing him off.
 
Actually there were 2 bombs Stauffenberg only had time to activate 1. Had he put the other bomb in the case with the one he activated BOTH would have exploded killing everyone in the room.

Stauffenberg, like most German Aristocracy was all in for National Socialism. They wanted the Communists eliminated and Hitler promised to do just that. The Count was also very antisemitic as well. He had a change of heart after the invasion of Russia and being wounded in North Africa.
 
Stauffenberg cared more about his own skin than ridding Germany of Hitler. Or perhaps he thought he might make a better Fuhrer.

Otherwise, why not just walk up to Hitler with the bag and detonate it right there? Sure, he would have been killed, but he didn't mind if a lot of other innocent people died. So why not start with himself?
 
Stauffenberg cared more about his own skin than ridding Germany of Hitler. Or perhaps he thought he might make a better Fuhrer.

Otherwise, why not just walk up to Hitler with the bag and detonate it right there? Sure, he would have been killed, but he didn't mind if a lot of other innocent people died. So why not start with himself?

He saw himself a Germany's Savior. Some sort more noble higher calling.
 
Stauffenberg and most others were no Junker
Birth Over Worth Destroys Freedom and Prosperity

He was born in a castle, the son of a count (graf). That's all I mean; the Nobility with no ability. I don't care what branch of it he was in, just as the guillotine-fodder who inherited wealth are no better than the ones with titles. Names preceded by "Von" define the Old Regime, superseded by the HeirHead tyranny.
 
Stauffenberg, like most German Aristocracy was all in for National Socialism. They wanted the Communists eliminated and Hitler promised to do just that. The Count was also very antisemitic as well. He had a change of heart after the invasion of Russia and being wounded in North Africa.
I was addressing issue about the bomb.
Stauffenberg, like most German Aristocracy was all in for National Socialism. They wanted the Communists eliminated and Hitler promised to do just that. The Count was also very antisemitic as well. He had a change of heart after the invasion of Russia and being wounded in North Africa.
 
The Road to Perdition Is Patrician

The Junker aristocracy made Hitler. They only revolted when it was obvious he couldn't win. If their slipshod plot had worked, they expected the grateful Allies to make their pompous and obsolete clique the new German oligarchy.
Correct, these officers only tried to remove Hitler because the game was up and they knew it, they should have had a volunteer to put a bullet in Hitlers head.
 
Have you ever read about Georg Elser?

He tried to blow up Hitler in 1938 already
Was that the Man who installed a bomb in a Column inside a Beer Hall where Hitler was due to speak? i believe he was captured trying to cross the border, very brave Man.
 
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Was that the Man who installed a bomb in a Column inside a Beer Hall where Hitler was due to speak? i believe he was captured trying to cross the border, very brave Man.
yes, indeed! That was him! 👍

had he succeeded, history of Europe would have been different!

Good, that you knew of this case! 👍

Not many in Germany know. 😒
 
yes, indeed! That was him! 👍

had he succeeded, history of Europe would have been different!

Good, that you knew of this case! 👍

Not many in Germany know. 😒
If i remember correctly he was a contractor working in the building.

Did you also know the bomb plotters were tried by a unhinged fanatical Nazi Judge in a so called peoples Court? Judge Roland Freisler he had them hung on piano wire and a film sent to Hitler, he also had some Students executed who belonged to the White Rose resistance movement, when you think at that time many German people were under the Nazi Spell so they were in a minority very brave. Freisler was killed later in a allied air raid.
 
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yes, indeed! That was him! 👍

had he succeeded, history of Europe would have been different!

Good, that you knew of this case! 👍

Not many in Germany know. 😒
Did you know the bomb plotters were tried by that Nazi fanatic Roland Freisler who had them hung on piano wire, he looked unhinged? he sentenced many to death including some young German students of the white Rose movement, when you think about it those Students were very brave because Germany was under the Nazi spell where opposition of any sort ended in death or a one way ticket to Buchenwald.
I have done some re.reading about the case and found it was not in 1938 but 1939.
I can't remember the details but i believe there was at least one other attempt on Hitlers life.
 
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