The July 20th Plot: How a one-eyed colonel with 3 fingers came within 1 meter of killing Hitler — and why it failed (new video, Spanish with subtitles)
Long time lurker, first time posting a video here.
I run a Spanish history channel called Historia Decisiva
and just published what I think is my most complete
breakdown of Operation Valkyrie.
What most people don't know about the July 20th Plot:
- It wasn't the first attempt — there were at least
15 previous assassination attempts against Hitler
- Stauffenberg had to arm the bomb with only 3 fingers
(he lost the others in North Africa)
- The meeting was moved last minute from a concrete
bunker to a wooden building — that single change
probably saved Hitler's life
- A thick wooden table leg deflected part of the blast
- The difference between success and failure
was less than 1 meter
- 5,000 people were executed in the revenge
that followed
- 9 more months of war and millions more deaths
followed the failed plot
The video covers everything from the military
situation in 1944, the structure of the conspiracy,
Stauffenberg's background, the day itself minute
by minute, and the devastating aftermath.
It's in Spanish but has subtitles available.
Would love to hear your thoughts —
especially on the counterfactual:
what do you think would have happened
if Hitler had died that day?
