Best opportunity to overthrow Hitler between 1932-39

This question has been on my mind recently after reading up on the night of the long knives between 30 June- 2 July 1934, which saw the elimination of the SA as a major power capable of stopping Hitler and either elimination ( including the head the SA Ernst Röhm, Gregor Strasser, former chancellor Kurt von Schleicher and at least 83 other SA, Political, military and at least 1 SS member,) or the sidelining and forced exile of others like the vice-chancellor Franz Von Papen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victims_of_the_Night_of_the_Long_Knives

Hitler and the Nazi press dubbed it the " Rohm Putsch" and claimed that the SA was trying to overthrow Hitler. Their is no evidence for this of course, rather it was done to appease both the army leaders who feared that their control was at risk, foreign governments who saw the SA as an embarrassment for Fascism, and to solidify Hitlers own personal control over the party.

However, it is pretty clear that if Rohm was was ever planning a coup, his SA was in the best position. At the time, SA membership was at roughly 2.9 million, vastly outnumbering the army and other Nazi institutions like the SS. The army was also a possible threat to Hitler, hence why he was so eager to appease them in turning on his own SA.

But what was the best opportunity to overthrow Hitler following his gaining of the chancellorship in 30 January 1933 to the start of the war in 1939. Who would have led it? Could it have succeeded? And what would be the long term result of its success?
 
The best opportunity as I see it to overthrow Adolf Hitler was the period of June-Aug

But what was the best opportunity to overthrow Hitler following his gaining of the chancellorship in 30 January 1933 to the start of the war in 1939. Who would have led it? Could it have succeeded? And what would be the long term result of its success?

The best opportunity as I see it to overthrow Adolf Hitler was the period of June-August 1938. At this point Germany was in the planning phase of Fall Grun, war with Czechoslovakia. Many in the army were very hesitant about war in Czechoslovakia and nervous that the allies would intervene. General Ludwig Beck could probably have gotten enough army officers and supporters together to arrest Hitler at this point. On 16 July 1938, Beck wrote a memo saying that the Army may have to resolve "internal political" problems and later in August 1938 told General Walther von Brauchitsch that a "house-cleaning" was needed. If General Beck was able to get General von Brauchitsch’s support I think anything would have been possible and if Britain and France voice their support for the coup that would be helpful too. The SS would probably freak out though, so they would have to be contained. The result is the war being prevented for the moment.
 
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IIRC there were several failed assassination attempts on Hitler from 1934 to 1939. Have a few lucky variables coincide during one of these, and Hitler's gone. That's assuming "overthrowing" can encompass "killing, which prevents him from being head of Germany any longer".
 

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After an assassination of Hitler prior to the start of WW2.
 

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The best opportunity as I see it to overthrow Adolf Hitler was the period...

You mean 1938, not 1939. And Beck and the rest of the conspirators were so massively inept that it simply didn’t stand a chance of succeeding. Brauchitch wasn’t interested; Beck had approached him before resigning and had failed to convince him of the necessity of removing Hitler.


https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=7189006&highlight=Beck#post7189006
 
If the French reacted with force to the militarisation of the Rhineland the chances are good that Hitler would have been removed.
 
When Hitler broke the treaty of Versailles (1934?), the Allied Powers (Britain, France, United States) immediately demand he be surrendered to face trial for the breach, or "else".

Presto, one Hitler on a train to Paris....
 
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