1944 ⟶ Failed Assassination Attempt on Hitler

July 20: Adolf Hitler survives the 20 July plot to assassina...
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🇩🇪 Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany

January 30: Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.⟶
Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany (1933)
NazismFascismAdolf HitlerWeimar RepublicPolitical PowerTotalitarianismWorld War IIPolitical TransitionDictatorship
GermanyGermany

🔪 Night of the Long Knives: Hitler Consolidates Power

June 30 – July 2: Adolf Hitler instigates the Night of the Long Knives, which cements his power over both the Nazi Party and Germany.⟶
Night of the Long Knives: Hitler Consolidates Power (1934)
Nazi GermanyAdolf HitlerPurgePolitical ViolenceTotalitarianismDictatorshipThird Reich
GermanyGermany

🚀 V-2 Rocket Development Commences

The V-2 rocket, the world's first long range ballistic missile, developed by engineer Wernher von Braun.⟶
V-2 Rocket Development Commences (1942)
World War IIWeapons of Mass DestructionMilitary HistoryRocketryNazi Germany
GermanyGermany

💣 Failed Assassination Attempt on Hitler

July 20: Adolf Hitler survives the 20 July plot to assassinate him led by Claus von Stauffenberg.⟶
Failed Assassination Attempt on Hitler (1944)
World War IIAdolf HitlerResistanceAssassinationMilitaryNazi GermanyConspiracy
GermanyGermany

💥 Allied Bombing of Dresden

February 13 – 15: Allied bombing of Dresden.⟶
Allied Bombing of Dresden (1945)
World War IIStrategic BombingLuftwaffeEastern FrontCivilian CasualtiesControversy
GermanyGermany

💀 Adolf Hitler's Suicide in Berlin

April 30: The Suicide of Adolf Hitler in Berlin as Nazi Germany collapses.⟶
Adolf Hitler's Suicide in Berlin (1945)
World War IINazismThird ReichAdolf HitlerEastern FrontAxis PowersTotalitarianism
GermanyGermany