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On 8/11/1939, the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch, Adolf Hitler delivered his yearly speech at the Bürgerbräukeller, while a bomb ticked away precisely to its intended detonation at 21:20. Georg Elser had worked for months on placing the bomb there, and everything went exactly to plan with one exception, Hitler had left thirteen minutes before.

Two major factors contributed to the failure of Elsers otherwise sound plan. First and foremost the recent onset of WWII, causing Hitler to agree to make his speech on the condition that he return to Berlin on the same night (he had originally planned to cancel it altogether but changed his mind). Secondly, thick fog prevented a flight back to Berlin, causing Hitler to travel by train and therefore be forced to cut his speech short and leave earlier than expected, the thirteen minutes that saved his life.

What if there had been no fog? Or Hitler had decided to stay overnight in Munich? If Georg Elser became one of the most pivotal figures in twentieth century history rather than a curious footnote?

Given this is extremely early in the onset of the war it would certainly have great consequences on it. Under whose leadership however? Goerring? Goebbels? Hess? Himmler?

Perhaps most importantly, what would the final outcome of World War Two be with Hitler taken out extremely early in the War?
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