If Claus von Stauffenberg's attempted assassination of Adolph Hitler on July 20, 1944 had been successful - do you think that that would have a net beneficial effect on American interests?
Would it have shortened the war? Maybe.
Would it have dismantled the National-Socialist tyranny and enthrallment of Germany? Questionable.
Would it have led more-quickly to a lasting peace? Doubtful.
Counterfactual history is not my strong suit, but I am not sure that Adolph Hitler's death on July 20, 1944 would have had a net positive effect.
In any event: I respect your position / am not arguing that you must be wrong. Just having some fun with "what-ifs."
Regards,
Yes, definitely the war would have ended in Europe, Mr. Busek. General Beck and C. F. Goerdeler were under no illusions what the military situation was like :-)
And yes, the Nazi system would have collapsed. You see, it really was totally centered around the person of the accursed “leader”, unlike the Soviet system.
With it, and most importantly, there would have been peace in Europe, saving millions of lives and untold amounts of material assets. Certainly even the postwar population movings and ethnic cleansings would have been less bloody.
and please: Think about the American soldiers who fell after July 1944, including the dead in the Ardennes, or even somebody like Joseph P. Kennedy, jr., the eldest of the four Kennedy brothers.
Furthermore, I am quite sure that the postwar famines wouldn’t have been as harsh as they were. Thus, more survivors, less tragedy.
Hitler survived no less that 42 assassination attempts (the first as early as 1931), and I often ask God why He let not one of them succeed.