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Should we be glad the 1944 July Plot to kill Hitler failed? (www.historyextra.com)

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Absolutely not. About half the German casualties of the war occurred after that event. And most of the bombing too. An unfathomable amount of suffering could have been prevented, if the assassination had been successful.

[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Stauffenberg tried to kill Hitler because he thought Hitler wasn't effective. The war would have absolutely continued.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Wrong. Stauffenberg certainly wasn't a model democrat. But he understood that the way was lost and that they had to come to some sort of resolution. Any deal Germany could have gotten would have been harsh but far better than total destruction.

[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago

not a model democrat

is doing some real heavy lifting there lol