The Secret Plot to ASSASSINATE Hitler (And Why It Failed SPECTACULARLY)

Eleven things had to go wrong for Adolf Hitler to survive a one-kilogram bomb six feet from him. All eleven did. On 20 July 1944, Claus von Stauffenberg placed a briefcase against an oak table support inside Hitler's wooden conference hut at the Wolf's Lair, walked out, and watched the building blow apart from two hundred yards away. Four men died. Hitler walked out with singed trousers. This is the minute-by-minute breakdown of the eleven separate failures — moved briefcases, half-armed bombs, betrayals, and one phone call — that stacked on top of each other to save the Führer's life.