Only one bomb was assembled in the rush to assassinate Hitler.
1944 at 8 o'clock in the morning on July 20th, Stauffen Berg boarded a military plane from Berlin and went to the Nazi headquarters in a remote forest in Poland. 10: 30, the plane landed at the "Wolf Cave" military airport. Stauffen Berg's portable briefcase entered the center of the "wolf den" through three sentries, and two bombs weighing 1950g were hidden in this briefcase. The meeting is expected to start at noon 13. Stauffenberg must start the ignition device of the time bomb before the meeting starts, so that the bomb will detonate in 15 minutes. However, Hitler 12: 30 came to the conference room and decided to hold a meeting immediately, because he would meet Italian Prime Minister Mussolini after the meeting.
Stauffen Berg was caught off guard by Hitler's decision to call a meeting in advance. He quickly hid in a remote place and began to assemble the bomb. Several officers even passed by him and saw him packing, but who would have thought that Stauffen Berg dared to assemble bombs at Hitler's headquarters, and he was also a famous figure. 1943 was seriously injured in a battle in Tunisia. The shell blew off his right hand, leaving only three fingers in his left hand and his right eye completely blind. Because of his correct command and heroic fighting, he was highly praised by Hitler. Hitler once praised him as a thoughtful and very rational commander.
In a hurry, Stauffen Berg assembled only one bomb and arrived at the conference room. In fact, Stauffen Berg is often late for meetings. This time he was late and didn't attract others' attention. He took the initiative to shake hands with Hitler who was talking, and put the briefcase with the bomb in front of the leg of the table next to Hitler. Two minutes later, Stauffen Berg left the meeting room on the pretext of calling.
A few minutes later, there was a loud bang and the conference room was shrouded in smoke. Fragments were flying about, and shouts were endless. Several officers were blown to pieces, and one officer was thrown out of the window by air billow. Of the 24 people who attended the meeting, 4 died on the spot, the cement roof collapsed in half and a big hole was blown out on the floor. But Hitler was only slightly injured. Because Stauffen Berg only used one bomb instead of the two originally planned, the bomb lacked enough power, especially the heavy oak desktop became Hitler's protective barrier. When the bomb exploded, Hitler was looking at something on the military map on the table, which made him avoid a bullet.
From Hitler's crowd to assassins
Stauffen Berg 1907 was born in a noble German family. His father is a general in the Royal German Army. He grew up in a superior living environment and attended an aristocratic school in primary and secondary schools. 1923, when he 15 years old, he wrote in an essay that he would fight for the German people. Before Hitler came to power, he graduated from the German Military Academy, and soon joined the National Defence Force. Stauffen Berg was an early Nazi admirer. He greatly appreciated Hitler's purely German racial views and was proud to fight for Hitler. Even when he got married, he wore a military uniform. He said that soldiers are soldiers at all times, and weddings are no exception. Stauffen Berg was highly educated, smart and organized, and was soon promoted to a senior officer. By the end of 1943, the Germans had begun to retreat on various battlefields, thousands of German soldiers died in other places, and Hitler was even more determined. Since then, Stauffenberg has often said that I must take action to save our country, and there is only one way to get rid of Hitler. Through the introduction of friends, Stauffen Berg got to know the members of anti-Nazi groups in the army. They are a group of German soldiers who hate Nazis and are plotting to assassinate Hitler. Since then, Stauffen Berg has actively participated in the preparations for the assassination plot.
1 July, 9441day, Stauffen Berg was appointed as the supreme commander of the general command of the domestic garrison, thus having the opportunity to contact Hitler. Since early July, Stauffen Berg has been putting explosives in his briefcase, ready to play it by ear and kill Hitler. In mid-July, he had three direct contacts with Hitler, but because Hitler's right-hand men Goering and Himmler were absent, he didn't make up his mind to start work, because the anti-Nazi group insisted on catching Hitler and his main battle backbone. On July 20th, Stauffen Berg will go to the "Wolf Cave" again to discuss the redeployment of the Eastern Campaign. This is the fourth time in a few weeks that he has come here to discuss various plans. Stauffenberg made up his mind to kill Hitler anyway this time.
After the assassination failed, Hitler launched bloody revenge. In the early hours of that night, Stauffen Berg and four other main participants were shot dead. Stauffen Berg was only 35 years old when he died. Subsequently, the person involved in 1 10 was arrested. According to German history books, none of the more than 65,438+000 German officers who died in battle expressed remorse for their actions. They silently wrote down their wills, shouted slogans and made heroic sacrifices.