Georg Elser had spent some considerable time preparing a time bomb and planting it in one of the beer hall pillars close to where Hitler spoke. Elser was a carpenter by trade and a communist sympathiser, although he was acting alone, motivated solely by his personal convictions about the nature of the regime he was living under. His time bomb was effective, killing eight and wounding sixty people.
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LAST YEAR IN THE WAR …
The last flight of ‘MacRoberts Reply’
At the crash site, a big part of the forrest was cut, it almost looked like a huge razor had cut through the trees. It look like there had been a huge explosion, since there were only small parts left from the bomber and there was a big hole in the ground. Since there were only small parts left, I could not recognise the bomber.
Heavy losses as Coastal Command attacks Prinz Eugen
The first force was unable to locate the cruiser, but part of the second force, which consisted of 52 aircraft, including 27 torpedo-carrying Beauforts, carried out an attack. Two possible hits with torpedoes are claimed. Considerable enemy fighter opposition was encountered and nine of our aircraft failed to return.
SS discuss the use of mobile gassing vans
I ordered the vans of group D to be camouflaged as house trailers by putting one set of window shutters on each side of the small van and two on each side of the large vans, such as one often sees on farm houses in the country. The vans became so well known, that not only the authorities but also the civilian population called the van “death van”, as soon as one of these vehicles appeared.