THE 20 JULY PLOT

BACKGROUND

• The resistance members once had power
• Olbricht was the brain behind the operation
• Used replacement army and valkyrie
• Claus von stauffenberg joined december 1942

EVENT

• July 20, 1944 Stauffenberg planted bomb
• Bomb shifted, sparing hitler
• Activated valkyrie
• Traveled to berlin to overthrow gov.

EVENT CONT .

• Commander of reserve army arrested
• News came; Hitler is alive
• They released the commander; bad idea
• Olbricht and stauffenberg executed same day

WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED

• Hitler would be dead sooner
• War could have ended much sooner
• Many lives could have been saved
• Germany would not have gone bankrupt

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED

• Hitler became paranoid
• Executed 6,000 potential enemies after
• Began to speed up death rate of jews

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