On this day in 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin went out for a walk on the Sea of Tranquility.
On this date in 1944 some field grade officers in the Wehrmacht tried to assassinate Hitler.
Let's perform a thought experiment and imagine if assassination attempt worked. There would never be an Ardennes Offensive (that's The Battle of the Bulge for Americans). The Wehrmacht would've withdrawn behind the Rhine in good order. The Second World War in Europe would've lasted longer, and maybe into 1946. The Wehrmacht would've withdrawn into an Alpine redought. And given the Germany First policy of the Allies a German city would be the first place to be nuked.
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