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Originally Posted by JSLTIGER
Indeed. I remember reading that at that point, the British were working out a plan that would have resulted in Hitler's assassination at the Berchtesgaden (sp?), but decided against implementing it because they discovered that the war would have gone on longer if Hitler had died.
A better question is what if the July 20, 1944 assassination attempt had succeeded? What would the world have looked like then? Would the war have continued (especially with Rommel still alive) or would the Germans have sued for peace?
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The Germans probably would have offered an armistice to the Western Allies and would have want to shore up their defenses in the East.
The West would probably have refused, they were too much tied up with Stalin.
Worst case scenario: Deadlock: England would want Germany to 'defend' Europe against Communism, the US would have wanted to continue the fight against Nazism and save it's post-war relationship with the USSR.