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The July 20 bomb plotters, the Kreisau Circle, and other anti-Hitler groups get a lot of attention in AH, mostly in what-ifs about if they could really have taken over the government and how they would have affected the war. But from a popular perception standpoint, they were people who operated in the shadows, and who ultimately failed. Could there have been a more widespread uprising toward the end of the war to either 1. prevent the high command from driving the country towards imminent destruction and 2. halt the war atrocities taking place?

Even if such an attempt fails, it would lead to a more public perception that, "ah, there were some good Germans who fought and died against the Nazis, there was an attempt to create an alternative identity." Would especially if interesting if this revolt, like the Valkyrie plotters, were made up of Wehrmacht officers and soldiers who were mostly concerned about 1. and still wanted a traditional government, but just wanted the fascists out because they were messing up the country. And so, this would confuse future far-right movements, as neo-Nazis would be divided against those who supported the attempt of these neo-Junkers.
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