July 20, 2008

The Day Hitler Should Have Died

By Dylan Gwinn
Claus had to move quickly. The meeting with the Fuhrer had been moved up by a half hour due to an unwelcome visit from Mussolini. Timing was going to be crucial on this day, the 20th of July 1944. He had only hours to fuse 2 bombs, use them to assassinate the crazed ruler of Nazi Germany, then fly back to Berlin and initiate the rest of the coup that would deliver the Germany of his forefathers from the brink of catastrophe.Location would be key as well. Hitler's "Wolfsschanze"(Wolf's Lair) had been built near Rastenberg in Eastern Prussia, so that the Fuhrer could more carefully direct and oversee the disaster befalling his army in the Soviet Union. Hitler had chosen this particular heavily wooded area because it offered great natural defenses against detection from aircraft and attacks from airborne infantry. However, today's attack would come from a place, and a person, that Hitler would not have suspected.But, the late July heat was entirely too oppressive for the...(Read Full Article)