The July 20 Plot
Why did the plan to assassinate Hitler fail?
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31 mins
Explore the failed assassination attempt on Hitler during the July Plot of 1944 and its consequences. Discover how poor coordination and lack of communication among the plotters led to their downfall.
Ep 1:
Conscience, Communists, and a Meeting with the Devil
Before the bomb, the conspirators wrestled with murder's morality, risky Communist alliances, and Stauffenberg's chilling face-to-face with Hitler as pressure mounted toward July 20th.
Ep 2:
The Bomb, the Blackout, and Goebbels' Gambit
Stauffenberg's briefcase bomb shakes the Wolf's Lair but spares Hitler, and a fatal communication blunder lets Goebbels seize the moment to crush the coup.
Discussions (19)
Reginald
Level 8 · 8 mo agoGoering wearing makeup to a war briefing? Stauffenberg was right to call them all psychopaths
Trenton
Level 10 · 9 mo agoPoor timing was the driver.
Franklin
Level 4 · 8 mo agoGoering wearing makeup
