Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-7559950-20130911012534/@comment-4621372-20130924192755

I'm talking about the July 20th plot. Basically, the entire military high command would be in the hands of the rebels- including such prominent figures as Rommel, Tresckow, Stauffenberg, and Oster, all high up- and the SS would be both outnumbered and heavily divided. They would be defeated in days- not enough for the allies to move all the way into Germany, though they wouldn't have to fight, because von Kluge and his men would be in France commanding all soldiers to drop their weapons and cede to the Allies. The Allies would be happy- now they don't have to push through France and then Germany- and would realize that the Germans overthrew their own government. The blame would be put on Hitler and his crazies- who of course could all have been killed in the 'Civil War'- and a ceasefire would be worked out, with the Brits and Americans anyway. The Germans accede to a ceasefire, some penalties- possibly as severe as the ones on the Weimar republic, though I doubt it- and an allied Crimes of War Court, and they get resubmitted into the human race.