[dfwgator]

I don't think by the late date of the attempt, we would of made a deal with the Nazis.

We had already agreed on "Unconditional Surrender". The plotters against Hitler wanted to continue the war against the Soviets.

[Leisler]

American soldier at the beginning of WWII remarked that they were finishing their fathers war, WWI, which had an armistice. Kind of how GW had to finish his fathers Gulf War One.

Even the elites learn, eventually, the delusions of diplomacy.

Other than total surrender to all the allies, that was the only option and that was not acceptable to the Hitler plotters and the German elite.