sniper?

Machine Gun Nest 1985. · #1 (**permalink**) May 4th, 2006, 10:36 PM

Wasn't there a plot in 1940 to kill Hitler by the British secret service.?

Miller · #2 (**permalink**) May 4th, 2006, 11:54 PM

I'm not sure if it was in 1940 but I definitely remember watching a program on the History Channel about it. They were going to take him out through the use of a sniper.

Mussolini · #3 (**permalink**) May 5th, 2006, 12:10 AM

Dont believe eveything you see on the History (aka 'Hitle') Channel...

Machine Gun Nest 1985. · #4 (**permalink**) May 5th, 2006, 09:51 AM

Ive also seen a program about it was gonna be in the Batlle of Britain.If it was gonna go ahead it would be a oneway trip for a sniper but is it true that hitler had many lookalikes to protect him.?

Richard · #5 (**permalink**) May 5th, 2006, 12:25 PM

Operation Foxley was a plan drafted by Section X Although an assassination attempt was never made, the most likely dates for an attempt would have been July 13, 1944 or July 14, 1944.

Killing Hitler

There is also a book on the subject.

Operation Foxley

[ 05. May 2006, 08:24 AM: Message edited by: Richard42 ]

Miller · #6 (**permalink**) May 5th, 2006, 07:20 PM

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Originally posted by Richard42:
Operation Foxley was a plan drafted by Section X Although an assassination attempt was never made, the most likely dates for an attempt would have been July 13, 1944 or July 14, 1944.

Killing Hitler

There is also a book on the subject.

Yeah, I had a feeling it was later in the war.

Operation Foxley

Miller · #7 (**permalink**) May 5th, 2006, 07:21 PM

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Originally posted by Miller:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Richard42:
Operation Foxley was a plan drafted by Section X Although an assassination attempt was never made, the most likely dates for an attempt would have been July 13, 1944 or July 14, 1944.

Killing Hitler

There is also a book on the subject.

Operation Foxley

</font>[/quote]Yeah, I had a feeling it was later in the war.

Kai-Petri · #8 (**permalink**) May 9th, 2006, 02:44 PM

The article is rather "funny" because it shows that actually killing Hitler would have let the allied in all kinds of trouble starting from the Me 262 not being turned into a fighter bomber...

So actually , like often said, Hitler was their best ally in the war (?!)

Also I think once you made the decision for unconditional surrender such plans were not anymore very useful. Germany was forced to fight anyway with or without Hitler.

Fortune · #9 (**permalink**) May 9th, 2006, 03:08 PM

you have a good point there kai

Richard · #10 (**permalink**) May 11th, 2006, 09:05 PM

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Originally posted by Kai-Petri:

So actually , like often said, Hitler was their best ally in the war (?!)

Yes it would seem to be the case that AH was our Allie. As for Operation Foxley it seems the whole thing had low priority to the events unfolding in 1944 when the tide turned, killing old AH must have become a low priority by this stage of the war.