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I currently have a co-op TL going on but will update this one in my free time
A Time of Tears
Munich, Bavaria
Weimar Republic
November, 1921
The Man stood in the crowd as they milled about. In minuets Adolf Hitler was supposed to to give a speech to the crowd. The Man, however saw something devilish in Hitler's oratory. While others were transfixed by his vivid descriptions of a resurrected Germany, free from the shackles of Versallies; the Man saw evil. The Man heard the subtext Hitler dare not say. He planned something big, something truly heartless and terrifying for Germany. The Man saw in a dream German soldiers battling though Berlin and back across the Rhine. If this Hitler fellow gained power it would bring only ruin to Germany. The Man felt his breast and his fingers felt the faint outline of a gun. In it was six .22 LR bullets in a Colt .45 revolver The Man had looted off a American soldier in Flanders years ago. Fucking Flanders.
The Killing Fields haunted his dreams...no nightmares even to this day. The rolling thunder of distant artillery, The ratta ratta ratta of machine guns, the sharp crack of both rifles and bones breaking, the scream of injured men who didn't understand why they were there, the scent of death, refuse and rotting corpses. All came back to haunt him on a daily basis. After the War he had dedicated his life to the Army, fought for them against whoever he was told, even if sometimes it was his own countrymen. However The Man was doing this on his own time, under his own ambition. Not one of greatness, to be recognized by History, but to save his Fatherland from certain ruin. Suddenly the crowd erupted in cheers and Hitler became visible over their heads, this would be The Man's only chance.
The Man advance quickly and with conviction, people parted before him but did not look at him. Hitler began to speak about the victorious German future, the superiority of the Ayran Race, among other things The Man rather not hear. As the man approached the podium he pulled his weapon and fired five shots at the man once destined to lead Germany to ruin. They tore into Hitler, throwing him to the ground in a pool of blood. The Man smiled as he saw Hitler fly backwards. The crowd screamed while women and men of weak wills fled. Others charged at him to keep him here until the police came, however they would have no such luck. The Man smiled as he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger. The bullet tore through his brain and out the top of his skull, before coming to rest on The Mans breast pocket. He would be buried in an unmarked grave outside Munich.
Hitler however was rushed to the hospital but he would never make it. The same day, just as the ambulance came to a stop outside the hospital, Adolf Hitler was pronounced DOA. His extended family buried him on a family plot in Austria to little fan-fare. His Party, the NSDAP, would not survive him by long and would break up in 1923 due to infighting, a raid by the Freikorps on the Party HQ and a loss of public interest. Hitler would not be remembered as little more than a promising politician with demented views. So ended the biggest threat Germany never knew it faced.
If you couldn't tell my POD was Hitler being killed in 1921 by an assassination attempt that failed OTL. I called the assassin The Man because the identity of the assassin is unknown for those of you who may wonder.