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Real Dictators
Hitler: Operation Valkyrie, Blowing up the Führer (Part 24)
Sep 26, 2023
Guest Jeff Dawson discusses Hitler's behavior during the Allied invasion and the failed assassination attempt by Colonel Stauffenberg.
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- The July 20 plot involved officers from the Abwehr intelligence service and the home army, aiming to assassinate Hitler and stage a coup, but ultimately failed and led to a brutal crackdown.
- The Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day in June 1944 and subsequent invasions weakened Nazi Germany, with the Western Allies liberating Paris and the US and British forces devastating German cities through strategic bombings.
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The Failed Assassination Attempt on Hitler
On July 20, 1944, Colonel Klaus von Stauffenberg plants a bomb at Hitler's military conference, but the blast fails to kill Hitler. Hitler survives with minor injuries, and the conspirators' attempt to initiate Operation Valkyrie, a plan to overthrow the Nazi regime, collapses.
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