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Operation Valkyrie: The Attempted Assassination of Hitler

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All told, over 40 attempts were made to assassinate Adolf Hitler - and those are just the ones that we know of. This episode marks the 80th anniversary of the most famous of them, the 20th of July Plot, during which members of Germany's military and political elite attempted to kill the Führer and overthrow his government.

Joining us today is the historian and journalist Nigel Jones, author of Countdown to Valkyrie: The July Plot to Assassinate Hitler. Nigel takes us through some of the most famous attempts to assassinate Hitler and the 20th July Plot that came the closest to toppling the Third Reich.

Produced by James Hickmann and edited by Dougal Patmore.

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