#580 | Operation Valkyrie & The Plot To Kill Hitler

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On 20 July 1944, a bomb ripped through a meeting room in Hitler’s
Wolf’s Lair.
 

This episode tells how Operation Valkyrie *almost* managed to
kill Adolf Hitler, and the vicious crackdown that came
afterwards.
 

The Wolf’s Lair meeting on 20 July 1944

Claus von Stauffenberg’s injuries and role in the plot

Setting one bomb; briefcase placed near Hitler

Explosion at Wolf’s Lair; Hitler survives due to briefcase
moved

Operation Valkyrie: reserve army plan blaming SS

A mixed group’s reasons to remove Hitler

Coup starts; Goebbels phones Hitler; Remer switches sides

Bendlerblock firefight, arrests, executions of plotters

Brutal crackdown: show trials, thousands arrested, many
executed

Haunting “what if”: ways the plot almost succeeded


Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available
on the
website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/operation-valkyrie


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