EPISODE · Mar 13, 2026 · 18 MIN
When Two Degrees Below Zero Saved the Third Reich - March 13, 1943
from The Daily History Chronicle · host Richard G Backus
On March 13, 1943, German officers tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler by smuggling a bomb aboard his plane but freezing temperatures prevented the detonator from working. This is the story of Operation Flash: how a few degrees of temperature changed the course of World War II, and what it reveals about the impossible choices faced by men who wore German uniforms but worked against Hitler from inside the military machine.
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