In the mid 1900’s Adolf Hitler had taken control of Germany leading the country through world war 2. His hatred towards Jews was a result of many incidents occurring in his life which he believed was the Jews fault. This influenced how he had controlled Germany and the war, starting up concentration camps and making new laws which ruined lives. Its easy to say Hitler was a murderer of many, and a lot of people realized the wrongful ways of Hitler but were not brave enough to stand up against him because he had military. If anyone had tried to hurt Hitler they would find themselves in a bad situation. But it seemed as though he had endless luck when it came to the brave attackers, considering every assassination attempt had failed before his
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Lead by Claus S. Von Stauffenberg, this assassination was called operation valkyrie. The plan was originally approved by Hitler to use if any allied bombing of german cities had taken place, resulting in a breakdown of law and order. But was changed by members of the reserved army and the kreisau circle to the assassination of Hitler so that officers would no longer be under the oath of loyalty. Once Hitler had fallen Ludwig Beck, Erwin Von Wiztleben, and Friedrich Fromm, who were all either former or current german officers, were asked to take control of the german army. The group of people involved in this assassination consisted of Wilhelm Canaris, Carl Goerdeler, Julius Leber, Ulrich Hassell, Hans Oster, Peter Von Wartenberg, and many others. These men disagreed with the way Hitler was leading the country and the nazi ways. They had attempted Hitlers death six times at the least before coming up with a plan to bring a bomb along to a conference (Operation Valkyrie n.d.). Made of plastic explosives, the bomb was hidden in a briefcase carried by Stauffenberg who attended the conference. He placed the briefcase as close as possible to Hitler and left for a phone call to escape the dangerous area hoping the bomb would go off as he left the building. But after he left the room a man in the conference moved the briefcase behind a thick wooden table leg farther away from Hitler. This simple action reduced the impact towards Hitler when the bomb went off killing 4 men and only injuring Hitlers arm. They had cut off phone connections so there was no way to tell if Hitler was dead or not. This made the plan of Ludwig Beck, Erwin Von Wiztleben, and Friedrich Fromm taking over the army fail because they did not commence with the plan until knowing that Hitler was dead (Operation Valkyrie n.d.). Ending all possibility of turning the army against Hitler because he was in fact still alive. But after hearing
Lead by Claus S. Von Stauffenberg, this assassination was called operation valkyrie. The plan was originally approved by Hitler to use if any allied bombing of german cities had taken place, resulting in a breakdown of law and order. But was changed by members of the reserved army and the kreisau circle to the assassination of Hitler so that officers would no longer be under the oath of loyalty. Once Hitler had fallen Ludwig Beck, Erwin Von Wiztleben, and Friedrich Fromm, who were all either former or current german officers, were asked to take control of the german army. The group of people involved in this assassination consisted of Wilhelm Canaris, Carl Goerdeler, Julius Leber, Ulrich Hassell, Hans Oster, Peter Von Wartenberg, and many others. These men disagreed with the way Hitler was leading the country and the nazi ways. They had attempted Hitlers death six times at the least before coming up with a plan to bring a bomb along to a conference (Operation Valkyrie n.d.). Made of plastic explosives, the bomb was hidden in a briefcase carried by Stauffenberg who attended the conference. He placed the briefcase as close as possible to Hitler and left for a phone call to escape the dangerous area hoping the bomb would go off as he left the building. But after he left the room a man in the conference moved the briefcase behind a thick wooden table leg farther away from Hitler. This simple action reduced the impact towards Hitler when the bomb went off killing 4 men and only injuring Hitlers arm. They had cut off phone connections so there was no way to tell if Hitler was dead or not. This made the plan of Ludwig Beck, Erwin Von Wiztleben, and Friedrich Fromm taking over the army fail because they did not commence with the plan until knowing that Hitler was dead (Operation Valkyrie n.d.). Ending all possibility of turning the army against Hitler because he was in fact still alive. But after hearing