#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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