Assassination Attempt of Hitler | Nazi Mega Weapons: The Wolf's Lair
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Assassination Attempt of Hitler | Nazi Mega Weapons: The Wolf's Lair
Learn how Hitler's own military turn against him. Hitler's isolation from the war led to terrible decisions and defeats for the Nazis. A secret network of sympathizers plotted his downfall and among them is Claus Von Stauffenburg. He devises a bomb with a silent timed fuse called a pencil detonator. When the opportunity comes he takes the bomb, inside a briefcase to the Wolf's Lair and leaves it in a meeting room with Hitler and many senior Nazis.