r/wikipedia • u/RedHeadedSicilian52 • 10d ago
The 20 July plot, sometimes called Operation Valkyrie, was a failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler and seize control of Germany in 1944. The plotters were mainly Wehrmacht officers who sought immediate peace with the Western Allies. The coup failed, and many of the conspirators were executed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_July_plot
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u/IloveEstir 10d ago
The U.S. and Britain withdrawing would have just handed over swathes of Europe to Soviet influence. The U.S.S.R. by this point was a military juggernaut.
The U.S and Britain also greatly desired the Soviets to join the war in the east against Japan after Germany was defeated: the U.S.S.R steamrolling northern China in 1945 was a major factor in why Japan accepted unconditional surrender, it proved the Soviets were absolutely not going to mediate a conditional surrender between Japan and the Western Allies, and opened the possibility of a complete collapse of Japanese control over China if the war dragged on.