Assassinating Hitler: Nazi Germany's Last Chance at Salvation 

Hitler had ridiculous levels of plot armour.

This Adolf H. guy was a very inpressive assassin indeed. 42 plots to assassinate Hitler failed, yet he succeeded with a single bullet.

I’m glad to see so many people like the video! I had a lot of fun researching and writing this one.

It's still always amazing to me how sheer luck can often play into significant historical events. Just imagining what kinda difference it would have made to the party if he had perished at these different points in the timeline is really interesting, as his cult of personality was a driving force in bringing in the German public's support

Hitler: *Commits suicide* Spirits of Nazi executed for trying to kill him: "Bruh..."

You forgot the time when Hitler could have potentially been assassinated by an archeologist that bumped into him. Hitler signed the man's copy of Mein Kampf, and no one was harmed.

"We took this challenge before our lord and our conscience, and it must be done, because this man, Hitler, he is the ultimate evil." -- Claus Von Stauffenberg

Hitler seeing all these assassination attempts: “can’t rely on anyone these days you gotta do everything yourself.”

I think a movie or video, exploring in depth, the guy who decided to plant a bomb in the pillar. The year, and patience, he had is amazing to me!

As I continue down the Simon youtubevers i find myself more and more in disbelief how good some of these entires are and how great the research is. He truly picks out some of the best possible to write for him and I appreciate all the efforts put into them.

Killing Hitler would not change Germany's fate. The Allies would not accept anything less than an unconditional surrender and I do not believe them or the SS would be willing to accept that. That would only complicate things even more. But even then I would have preferred them to have been successful.

A icon of history you are. RU-vidrs who are known by everyone. Thanks for your work in this space.

*"You may hand us over to the executioner,* but in three months time, *the disgusted and harried people will bring you to book and drag you alive through the dirt in the streets"* -Field Marshal Erwin von Witzleben, Valkyrie (2008) *"We have to show the world that not all of us were like him"* -Maj Gen. Henning von Tresckow, Valkyrie (2008) *"Look them in the eye. They'll remember you...Long live sacred Germany!"* -Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, Valkyrie (2008)

'Long live our sacred Germany"-Claus von Stauffenberg his last words not all germans and nazis were evil thank you and keep up the amazing work your doing

"He was executed September the 25th of September, 1944". Yes, but what month, man, what month???

A biography of Henning von Tresckow would be interesting…

How history might have changed if one of these assassinations had been successful, especially one of the early ones.

Man dude that hid in the pillar was an absolute legend

1:10 - Chapter 1 - Early attempts 5:10 - Chapter 2 - The beer hall bomb 8:45 - Chapter 3 - 3 attempts in 1 day 13:05 - Chapter 4 - The July 20 plot

"Es lebe das heilige Deutschland!" such strong final words, from a man who gave his life trying to save his country and the entire world. Go watch Valkyrie, what a great movie about the July 20 plot. Spectacular video as always, thank you Warographics

Talk about commitment, courage and patience from Johann Elser. But it was a stroke of sheer bad luck that history as we know it could have been altered...

Absolutely great episode. I loved the descriptive nature of Operation Valkyrie with details I just learned through this video. Thank you for your great work!!!

Dude was one of the most evil men in history but damn if he wasn't crazy lucky.

And in the end it was a simple Austrian corporal and failed art student who pulled off what all the rest couldn’t.

The dude with the bomb in his pants during the art exhibit is extremely lucky and unlucky...lucky he didn't die, and unlucky that hitler was rushing through everything

The bomb at the Wolf's Lair probably didnt have the impact it would have had because, being July, it was hot and the windows were opened, allowing much of the bombs power to dissipate.

Since you did the rebuilding of Warsaw on the other channel. I hope you will cover the 1944 Warsaw Uprising here

I really appreciate the effort you are putting forth with this channel factboi

Thanks Ian. That was awesome! I learned a lot. One of my grandmother's brothers-in-law was a very high ranking member of the July 20th plot. He was fortunate not to be executed. Instead (Nazi humor here), he was sent to the prison in which Hitler served his time after the Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf" while in prison. George S Patton's 3rd Army was rapidly approaching the prison while my uncle was there so all of the SS guards were really nice to him. They all wanted him to tell the Americans how humane they were.

This was very exciting, I was hoping any of them would work out even tho we know how history whent lol. But this shows you how great written and narrated this video was.

I'm not sure how many channels of yours I follow at this point, But they all make my brain satisfied.

This is an excellent video simon!! When you lay it out without emotion straight up the videos rule!!!

Apparently constantly being on a timetable and then constantly being behind on that timetable can save your life.

Stauffenbergs briefcase was recovered by Kryten in Red Dwarf after Lister goes to Nazi Germany. Classic episode.

I know you guys have a lot of different channels and I can never remember which ones are which, but I’m just glad the video I clicked this time isn’t the one where Simon tries to be funny. He performs much better when he’s serious

I knew about a few of em but holy crap. I just know how vlogging through history saying how luck, weather and etc changes events in history so hard.

The night of the long knives was an internal power struggle, which Ernst Roehm lost… so he and his SA were murdered by those Nazis who won. Ernst Roehm was a committed Nazi, a thug, utterly ruthless and brutal, a friend of Hitler from the early days and also gay… the being gay bit played a role for some of his Nazi friends who plotted against him, others just wanted more power. Anyone murdered during the night of long knives were hardcore Nazis, so no innocent blood spilled … Nazis turning on other Nazis, for power, and because at the end of day someone who does not fit their worldview will be taken care once the person served his/ her purpose….

Another great video. Please do another documenting any assassination attempts made against Stalin.

The amount of sheer, dumb luck that surrounded that monster and kept him alive longer is absolutely mind-boggling

Since you're talking about the more well known ones, does that mean we'll get a second one on the lesser known ones..? 😇

Speaking of German Resistance in WW2 you need to do a biographics on Dietrich BonHoeffer

It's ironic that the Gestapo was able to suss out these conspiracies since they were infamously inept and understaffed.

Cool video. Any chance of a Boer War episode?

It is mind blowing to know that Hitler avoided so many assassination attempts. So many of them sounds like something you'd see in a film or something. Several them sound very interesting. And I can't say I ever knew there was a German resistance to Hitler, so yeah, really crazy stuff.

Hit me in the feels. Bjce one, factboi.

Those are some strong last words.

They tried him a bunch, damn dude was ducking death consistently

Lol if you're going to try and assassinate someone who prefers to eat plant based meals, DONT POISON THE MEAT! I found that to be really funny.

You should make a separate video on the night of the long knives

Please do an entire video on the July 20 plot please.

Funnily enough I've been thinking about rewatching Valkyrie for the last 3 weeks. I think I'll save this video for when I have

One of the most remarkable attempts to assassinate Hitler was in the 1943 running of what was Nazi Germany's equivalent to remembrance day. On that day, which occurred not long after the catastrophic (for the nazis) defeat at Stalingrad. After delivering a short address, Hitler was then shown around a display of captured Soviet weapons. While there, the plan among some high ranking army Generals was for one of them, Von Gehrsdorf (I hope I spelled it right), to activate the 10 minute fuses on the self concealed explosives within his uniform tunic and remain close to not just Hitler, but other significant leaders of Nazi Germany at the same time so as to take them out all at once. One photo taken while Hitler was being shown round this display shows Von Gehrsdorf, unbeknownst to most, bombs armed standing close to Hitler. However, the picture also gives a clue as to what happened next. Hitler wasn't really paying any interest or attention to what he was being shown and instead of wandering around the display for 30 minutes, left abruptly after 2 minutes. Von Gehrsdorf excused himself from the entourage, dashed to a toilet, where he defused both bombs with very little time to spare. Prior to seeing the video about it by Mark Felton, I hadn't heard of what was probably the closest he could have come to being assassinated, but the story is extraordinary

come on simon. i can subscribe only so many times.. you are killing me here

Love your channels ✌️🇳🇴

French resistance in ww2 and the Filipino-american war please

How did the SS find out all the time? Especially how did they get the guy who planted the podium bomb? No CCTV, no internet. It’s baffling.

Simon that beard is getting glorious damn

Can you do something on the Nuremberg trials? Please

Great video! But you forgot the only plot that was actually successful. The plot led by lt. Aldo Raine and the basterds that took place in a movie theatre in France during a screening of "the nation's pride". Some sources also say the theatre was actually burnt by the owner who was secretly a jew.

if there was ever someone that could be said to possess the devil's luck

Interesting video

thank you

Anyone recognizes the music this video uses in the beginning? It's too quiet, short and Simon's voice doesn't help. Heard it in other Warographics videos, but again, too quiet and too short.

Your spelling of "Freiherr" is funny! As a german speaker: "Frei" = free, spelled like "shy" or "high"; "Herr" = mister, spelled like "where" with a hard RRRRRRR-sound

How many channels does he have

This is on Warographics? I'd have put it on - Into the shadows - if I were you Simon mate Still, love your content as always! 👌👍👍

It's almost as if the universe HAD TO endure Hitler.

I would love to see this done as a Brain Blaze video.

This video is going to do well

A few forgotten heros there. Salute

hats off for those glorious efforts to make a big change. true heroes but too bad it failed in the main goal.

Sometimes with assassination, you gotta play the long game by making the target lose all hope and they do the job themselves.

Hitler had the luck of the Irish that Michael Malloy had.

Why does Von Gersdorff look like Eric Bischoff from WCW & WWE lmao

The memorial to the members of the july 20th plot is chilling. They definitely showed the world not all germans were like Hitler.

Great episode. People still believe hitler commited suicide?!. Surely he would have given himself a get out plan.

I need a movie about all the assassination attempts on Hitler and Castro, wacky and not because that level of plot armor is like it was written for TV. I think between them there’s 200 attempts

The only assassin he couldn't thwart was himself.

We Germans tried very seriously a few times to get rid of the devil. But our devil was a lucky bastard.

I have respect for Rommel wasn't he forced to commit suicide for this ? I thought of all germans as bad guys during WW2 well there were heros like these

What do you say to death? Hitler’s luck: Not today! No today!

What did I learn? The Gestapo were really good at their job... 🤔

1.Castro 2.Hitler

Hitler gets a lot of bad rap, but we have to remember Hitler killed Hitler. And a relative of mine attempted to kill him.

You know what bothers me, when a youtuber repeatedly says a word wrong over and over again. Its Val•ka•re

I bet you wont ever make these about the most brutal dictators, same faction or actually its identical twin

Wasn't Val Kylrie in Batman???

Up next;Belleau Woods

3:42 September the 25th of September?

when I saw the title, I though it was part of Mega Projects🙄🙄🙄

3:42 Executed on September the 25th, September of 1944? Too much Septembers?

"Planning a coup to overthrow the gov" sounds like someone who's saying some of the same that's a current leader targeting a specific political group

And he beat them to it!

I did Nazi this coming.😆

A war of ideologies, of generations, of greed and ancient feuds. A war imported from a far off land and fought in the heart of America, on the streets of the Empire City. A war that would lay the foundation for one of the most powerful entities in 20th Century America. An incubator for cultural icons and folk heroes that laid bare the inherent nature of man and capitalism right on the front pages. I suggested a few times in your earlier videos and am once more nominating, for topic consideration, The Castellammarese War. THE factional Mafia war that acts as the basis for the very concept of gangland warfare. (I hope you do this topic because I'm posting this comment on every video till you do. I am a terrorist)

Alternate title. A tier list of Germany's absoltue chads.

Hitler was eventually assassinated... by Hitler.

Somehow I do not think that a fascist and military leadership would have been left standing, especially near the last time when the Soviets were already in Poland.

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Adolf-kun was the protagonist and we are just the side characters