The 1943 Mid Air Explosion: The Assassination Of Hitler

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“High German officials had made up their minds that Hitler must die. He was leading Germany in a suicidal war on two fronts, and assassination was the only way to stop him.” (History.com). More than fifteen assassinations were made on Hitler's life. Hitler knew that people were trying to kill him. A quote from him is, “I might be killed by a criminal, or by an idiot, at anytime.” (Hitler) There were many attempts to assassinate Hitler, but all of them failed including the 1932 attempted poisoning, the 1943 Mid Air Explosion and the gassing of 1945. One failed attempt to take Hitler's life was the poisoning in January of 1932. Hitler was eating with the members of his staff at Hotel Kaiserhof in Berlin. Someone had poisoned the meat. Many