Plots to Kill Hitler

In the article I read called "Britain Reveals Elaborate Plots to Kill Hitler as War Neared End", talks about how british special forces were planning to kill Hitler. These plans included multiple blue prints on Hitler's houses and marked sniper towers from where hitler could be sniped from. But, after reading this article it seems that this is just a mere excuse that they did not try to assassinate Hitler earlier in the war. Also, in the 150 page document with these plans included other ways to kill Hitler. There were three main plots to kill Hitler, by poisoning his tea, shooting him, and impregnating his clothes with anthrax. These elaborate plans were created by the S.O.E (Special Operations Executive) to destroy the Nazi party. The S.O.E thought that Hitler had a "mystic hold" on the German people. "Remove Hitler, and there is nothing left," concluded Vice Marshal Ritchie the Special Operations Executive's air adviser. Throughout the article I wondered why these plans were not used earlier in the war to save millions of lives, but it showed me that people really were plotting and trying to kill hitler from the inside. Lastly, if anyone has seen the movie Valkyrie this directly relates to that because Valkyrie was about plots to kill hitler from the inside by exactly these ways. If anyone would like to learn more about these plots I would recommend Valkyrie.

By Bobby Pender