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75 Years ago today ...
75 years ago today, 28 September 1938, Hitler would have been killed if only Chamberlain had been a little bit braver.
A raiding party under Captain Heinz was waiting in apartments around Berlin to storm the Reich Chancellery. Theo Kordt and Graf von der Schulenburg were waiting at the doors of the Chancellery to let them in. Generals Halder and von Brauchitsch were intending to give the order to Captain Heinz once Hitler announced the invasion of Czechoslovakia and the beginning of a world war, which was expected at 2pm. Chamberlain knew about this. And what did he do? He sent a message through Mussolini suggesting a peace conference. Hitler received the message at 12 pm and called off the invasion. The German generals called off the coup. Hitler lived. Lots of people died.
Why did Chamberlain do this? Well, you will have to read Traitor’s Gate, if you haven’t already.
A raiding party under Captain Heinz was waiting in apartments around Berlin to storm the Reich Chancellery. Theo Kordt and Graf von der Schulenburg were waiting at the doors of the Chancellery to let them in. Generals Halder and von Brauchitsch were intending to give the order to Captain Heinz once Hitler announced the invasion of Czechoslovakia and the beginning of a world war, which was expected at 2pm. Chamberlain knew about this. And what did he do? He sent a message through Mussolini suggesting a peace conference. Hitler received the message at 12 pm and called off the invasion. The German generals called off the coup. Hitler lived. Lots of people died.
Why did Chamberlain do this? Well, you will have to read Traitor’s Gate, if you haven’t already.
