observer Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 In the Autumn of 1944, the SOE came up with a plan to kill Hitler. It involved a 2 man sniper team getting into a position 200m from Adolf's "routine" solo walk, in the grounds of the Bergoff. However, Allied High Command just couldn't come to an agreement on the operation, so it never happened. It's estimated that it could have ended the war by the end of 1944 and saved 10million lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 It's also estimated that removing Hitler at that point would have resulted in him being replaced by a far more competent military leader. That could either have prolonged the war hugely, or resulted in a negotiated peace which would have left the Germans and their "final solution" in control of most of central Europe. The Allies concluded at the time that Hitler was doing more harm than good to Germany's prospects in the war, and so elected not to attempt the assasination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted August 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 correct! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 Brief and to the point obs!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 If you are now agreeing that Inky is correct why did you say what you said in your first post Obs or were you just testing everyone on here again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted August 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 O.K. he's not entirely correct - there are pros and cons involved in either option. The Allies had already agreed to the unconditional surrender of Germany and had agreed the division of Europe (and Germany), and there's no way Stalin would have agreed to any compromise in any case. However, there was a fear that an assasination may have turned him into a martyr, rather than taking the full blame for Germany's downfall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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