The Man Who Almost Killed Hitler (Documentary)

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[@jarka1628]

Ki ist extrem Scheiße

[@felicisimodelamo4353]

ETA les hubiese m...,

[@7071t6]

I dont understand so many times Hitler visited ss or wehrmacht in parades with armed with pistols, how many of them could have taken out the pistol and simply shot hitler in the head, plain and simple. 🦘🦘👍👍

[@davidk7324]

Wonderful work, thank you. Nice touch adding the high-pitched ringing at 14:43 simulating tinnitus.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thanks.

[@leo-mf22]

Battle Guide videos are so well made. I love how the videos include satellite images of where the battles took place at. Easily one of the best history KZbinrs!

[@BattleGuideVT]

Much appreciated!

[@swhip897]

I agree

[@derin111]

Stauffenberg was actually stationed at and lived at the cavalry barracks in Hannover...two minutes from where I am sitting writing this! 🙂

[@michaelrumfelt3106]

Traitor

[@robertdefazio2885]

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[@abrahammorrison6374]

Had both bombs been activated or the briefcase bomb not been moved, Hitler dies.

[@davidanderson5029]

@@michaelrumfelt3106 You're a coward.

[@EnemyOfThePeople1984]

@@michaelrumfelt3106Patriot and martyr.

[@KevinN-df8eo]

To me although this failed it did have a positive effect. From then on Hitler did not trust his generals or the Wehrmacht and this led to him often ignoring their advice and sensible strategy suggestions. This caused many mistakes, i.e. the Ardennes offensive, which shortened the war.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Yes good point.

[@sthrich635]

Not really positive effect for the German resistance given the sheer casualties suffered in the remaining 1.5 years. And July 20 plot was all from a very small minority of German officer corps, the majority of German officers still continued to fight on, and Germany still had capable generals like Model and Kesselring after the coup. If anything it stiffened the resolve of German Wehrmacht and its loyalty as they feared a repeat of "stab in the back" And Ardennes offensive delayed Allied advance into Rhine till March 1945 by dealing heavy casualties to US forces and persuaded them to wait for more powerful equipment like Pershing. In general the German dictator strategies were tactically self-defeating but strategically able to prolong the war and racking up losses on both sides as far as Germany war situation allowed.

[@quotemenot7520]

How one person can be so lucky so many times is incredible. It was not meant to be for whatever reason and we should salute those that gave their lives trying to get rid of him. Could not have been easy with all the security that surrounded him all the time. Having eventually died by his own hands, we can only hope from the last attempt to his demise was filled with pain and suffering. The day Hitler died was the day evil died. Great video Mark, thank you.

[@OccidentalAryan]

Why should we salute them? They were traitors.

[@nigeh5326]

Excellent as usual guys 😊 keep them coming. I’ve just subscribed to the podcast too 👍 🇬🇧

[@BattleGuideVT]

Welcome aboard!

[@Terlurd]

18:20 It should be mentioned that Otto Remer was a major at tha time of the assassination in 1944. Only in January 1945 was Remer promoted to Generalmajor (Major General) at the age of 32.

[@alex4833]

Good video. This is very informative. The diagram of the table and wooden room was very helpful. Dan also gave a great background and superb narration of the events and aftermath of the assassination attempt. I had heard a little about previous attempts but learned more here. Great work again. Kudos, Battle Guide team (and apologies for the late comment; these last couple weeks have been hectic). Take care.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@alex4833]

@@BattleGuideVT :) keep up the great work!

[@johnwright291]

What has always amazed me about this is general Frome taking it upon himself to execute the conspirators. Of course they were wanted alive. He did it to try to hide his involvement but still it assured that he was busted.

[@MilitaryHistoryArchives]

Claus von Stauffenberg, had nerves of steel to walk there and carry out the operation.

[@AlpineCorpus]

Sorry boss, not coming in today, new Battle Guide dropped

[@BattleGuideVT]

Love it! 25 minute video but take a day off work to watch it 15 times. :)

[@Billy-y5b]

Great video Man that's the most information I've seen on this coup Thanks

[@BattleGuideVT]

Totally!

[@Haroldmogerson]

Your vids are so addictive please do a vid on the battle of delville wood and the South African forces

[@Madcow7777]

Compelling overview 👏🏻

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thank you.

[@danielleeuwis1623]

I love the voice of this man :)

[@StephenLuke]

RIH Heinrich Berger (1905-1944) Heinz Brandt (1907-1944) Günther Korten (1898-1944) and Rudolf Schmundt (1896-1944) RIP Ludwig Beck (1880-1944)

[@StephenLuke]

RIH - Rot in Hell Ludwig Beck tried to kill himself after being captured along with his co conspirators but was shot dead on the orders of Fredrich Fromm.

[@guernica4262]

As always, great job.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thank you

[@shantanusapru]

7:23 -- But the patch is on his *left* eye...!?! Also, he did _not_ lose his 'right' eye, but, rather, his _left_ eye in the April 1943 North Africa campaign...

[@BattleGuideVT]

Yeah we let that one slip by... well spotted.

[@shantanusapru]

@@BattleGuideVT No biggie...we all make mistakes. And it was a minor one... And, overall, it was a good video.

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thank you.

[@sjTHEfirst]

I’m always surprised that Stauffenberg didn’t try to implicate Goering, just to mess with the Nazis.

[@bigsarge2085]

Fascinating! The ultimate "if only."

[@BattleGuideVT]

Indeed

[@ruhri0411]

Fabian von Schlabrendorff's story was a very special one. He fell into the clutches of the Gestapo after the failed assassination attempt of 20 July 1944 and was tried at the infamous People's Court presided over by Hitler's blood judge Roland Freisler. His trial took place in Berlin on 3 February 1945, the day the USAF carried out a heavy bombing raid on Berlin. Freisler and the defendants were led into the building's air raid shelter after an air raid alarm was sounded. Once in the bunker, Freisler rushed back into the courtroom to retrieve the trial files he had forgotten there when the siren alarm sounded. On his way back to the bunker, the building was hit by a bomb and Freisler was killed by a falling beam. When he was found dead in the rubble of the building after the air raid, he is said to have still been holding Fabian von Schlabrendorff's file in his hand. The just death of this blood judge, who imposed thousands of death sentences, saved von Schlabrendorff's life. After the war, he worked as a legal expert in the new democratic West Germany and was later appointed to the supreme court of West Germany as a judge, where he served for 8 years and administered justice in the spirit of a democratic constitution. Meanwhile, Freisler's shabby body rotted away in an anonymous grave on a Berlin cemetery.

[@garage3022]

Best yt content

[@BattleGuideVT]

Thank you

[@emilioalcazar-su9vi]

So many times we refuse to see the invisible hand that moves everything..and its name is Destiny..

[@zillsburyy1]

i really liked that tom cruise movie

[@briannat1086]

Everything so complex. Nobody had courage and a loaded pistol nearby??? In twelve years?

[@BattleGuideVT]

Indeed... probably the thought of instant execution from his lackies dissuaded them.

[@addysong1628]

I've thought the same. It was probably a mixture: his security disarming most who enter his proximity, and for the rest, the intense fear of what would happen next -- even *who* would take power next, and if they might be even worse for Germany. The plotters appeared to mostly want an attack that took out several top leaders, plus at least a fighting chance for personal survival and evasion. (Bear in mind what would happen to their families if caught, too.) Hence the bomb plots where the bomber would leave before it detonated. Stauffenberg was able to smuggle in a few kilos of explosives in a briefcase; surely he could have smuggled in a pistol, but he had to be concerned for his family, too. A blast that blew everyone in a room to scraps would take out any witnesses and sow confusion and ambiguity about who did it and who the dead even were (being blown to unidentifiable bits in theory.)

[@Racingnut24]

Ok im confused..claus lost his right eye but the patch is on his left eye 😅

[@BattleGuideVT]

Yeah that one slipped us by... apologies but well spotted.

[@ald1144]

I thought it was something like iGor's hump continually switching sides in Young Frankenstein.

[@BattleGuideVT]

LOL... great film.

[@paulm3033]

I thought that Von Stauffenbergs support for the plot arose because he realised that the Nazis were losing the war, you say that it was because of his growing awareness of atrocities on the Eastern front, is that documented ?

[@theawesomeman9821]

I see why Tom Cruise played Stauffenberg in the movie Valkerie. He looks a lot like him.

[@JosephWeiss-dv4ts]

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[@BattleGuideVT]

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[@garyraines7511]

It was interesting how differently Hitler dealt with Volken who went up against him. Stauffenburg almost blew him up, but possibly due to his being an Iron Cross holder, like Hitler, he executed him by merely having him shot.......on the other hand, when he learned Canaris had betrayed him for years, the former Gestapo chief was severely tortured and beaten ..... then offed by Piano Wire hanging.

[@jeffbell9391]

Thanks I didn't know that. I wondered why he was just shot .

[@alepaz1099]

👍👍

[@bowenisland100]

Like the fake dust floating around the table withe the Luger!

[@BattleGuideVT]

Yeah a new style we have been working on.

[@abrahammorrison6374]

Do a video on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

[@14rnr]

The devil looks after his own.

[@nme232]

In less than 12 months he was aleard a goner

[@brianford8493]

Big table little bomb

[@themuraoka]

German generals were much more awkward than normal Irakian women with suiside combs

[@jokodihaynes419]

Rommel was made a scapegoat for a crime he didn't commit

[@desmondrobinson169]

Algorithm tickler.

[@BattleGuideVT]

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[@G78956]

Propaganda

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[@ald1144]

@@BattleGuideVT No need to feed the troll.

[@tomster1414]

Poor Elser , Murdered on the 9th April , appalling

[@OfficialGooNie]

The fish on family guy played bro in a episode😂💯