How far was the failure of the July Plot of 1944 fatal to the success of internal opposition to Hitlers rule?

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“Four Days after Staufenberg’s bomb had exploded, the SD reports still stressed the almost unanimous condemnation of the assassination attempt and the joy at the Fuhrer’s survival”

How far was the failure of the July Plot of 1944 fatal to the success of internal opposition to Hitlers rule?

The Stauffenberg bomb plot was a complex plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler. During this period of Nazism in Germany there were three different types of political stance points, they were; general opposition, resistance and support. General opposition was defined by Detlev Paukert as “nonconformity”, such as telling jokes and embracing actual “protest”. Walter Hofer defined Resistance as “the will to overcome the Nazi regime. Support can be defined as support for the Nazi regime or support for the opposition groups.

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Due to Hitler’s pro-war attitude and anti-Semitic views, it caused many Germans to turn against the regime, however there were still supporters that preferred Hitler’s way to the previous Kaiser. To gain more support, Hitler used methods of propaganda such as the radio and indoctrination in schools resulting in the majority of youngsters exposed to his views and conforming.

        

The bomb plot was an opposition force which had the biggest impact. General Von Stauffenberg was the main focus on the attempt to kill Hitler. In April 1944 Von Stauffenberg was appointed to assist the chief of the German ...

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