That guy had balls of steel. Big steel ones.
And he got off easy with a firing squad.
If Hitler was dropping atomic bombs to win the war, Col. Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg would have lined up for another medal.
And yes I know Hitler survived attempts on his life prior to the war.
The most notable was in November 1939 at the BurgerBrauKeller on the anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch where after giving a speech Hitler inexplicably left the hall barely fifteen minutes before the bomb, which had been planted in a column behind the speakers platform went off killing a number of SA men. Carpenter Georg Elser was charged with the crime and was executed in April 1845.
Typo. Meant to say’’would they have tried to kill Hitler?’’
But given this opposition circle’s years-long failure to take effective action against Hitler while he went from successful crime to successful crime, …
Hmmmmm…