From the book on op Foxley
"Poisoning Hitler's milk was considered, then discarded because of the danger that someone else might drink it first. There were proposals to blow up his train, hit his bulletproof Mercedes with a bazooka or send a sniper to shoot him as he took his morning walk at Berchtesgaden, his Bavarian mountain retreat. Pages of intelligence on his routine and his security measures include minutiae such as "The posthouse is run by a Party member (who wears a gold party badge) with three girl assistants, one clerk and a postman who lost his arm in the last war."
Winston Churchill was kept informed, but there was continuing debate as to whether killing Hitler was a good idea. Major General Colin Gubbins, who instigated Operation Foxley in June 1944, found that the head of MI6, Stewart Menzies, was lukewarm. Other members of SOE were divided. Air Vice Marshal A.P. Ritchie argued that Hitler's almost mythical persona sustained the German people, writing, "Remove Hitler and there's nothing left." But a Major Field-Robinson felt there would be a danger of making Hitler a martyr, and that he was such a disastrous commander that it was in the Allies' interest to keep him in power. "As a strategist," he commented, "Hitler has been of the greatest possible assistance to the British war effort." His replacement by competent generals could be counterproductive.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/19...d_or_al24.html
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In earlier discussions killing Hitler would have probably meant civil war, but then again thinking it would have saved allied blood, I wonder why they did not go on with their plans. And especially try to make contact with the inside circle and get them do the job.
The allied could have always said first that there will be peace with the new government but after Hitler´s death could have invaded the country anyway with less blood shedding, I think.But then again, maybe the destruction of Germany and German people was a political decision more or less...
