July 20th, 1944: The Failed Attempt to Assassinate Adolph Hitler

July 20th, 1944: The Failed Attempt to Assassinate Adolph Hitler

If you had the ability to travel back in time and kill Hitler, would you do it? Should you do it? This week's episode talks about why that may not be the best course of action, but why at least forty other people tried to during the 1930s and 40s. The most well-known of those plots failed during this week in history - sometimes called Operation Valkyrie, the July 20th Plot involved an eye patch-wearing member of the German aristocracy and ranking member of the Wehrmacht, a briefcase full of bombs, and a last-minute change of venue that changed the course of history.

July 9-15th: America's Deadliest Train Tragedy and The Annulment of a Royal Wedding

July 9. 1918: The Great Nashville Train Tragedy July 12, 1540: The Marriage Between Henry VIII & Anne of Cleves is Annulled

July 1-8th: The Funeral Wedding of Princess Alice and the Death of the Last Great Auks

July 1, 1862: Princess Alice, daughter of Queen Victoria, is married in the wake of her father's death. It's not exactly a happy occasion, which is kind of befitting for the rest of her life. July 3, 1844: Two Great Auks, the last of their kind, meet a gruesome fate.