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17. I believe Hitler tried to assassinate FDR, Churchill and Stalin at Yalta in 1943...

Tue Jan 7, 2020, 11:34 AM

Jan 2020

...but I don't remember the details...

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Did the Americans, brits, French ever attempt to assassinate [View all] raccoon Jan 2020 OP

There were plans e.g. dalton99a Jan 2020 #1

No on Hitler jayschool2013 Jan 2020 #2

Well, we did drop about a million pounds of bombs on berlin..... getagrip_already Jan 2020 #26

We had nukes Sonny Mirviss Jan 2020 #27

not in time for hitler..... getagrip_already Jan 2020 #28

But we have been killing terrorist leaders by drone strike for years ripcord Jan 2020 #3

I remember we passed on Omar exboyfil Jan 2020 #9

You have also killed or attempted to kill leaders you don't like malaise Jan 2020 #24

No but we assasinated Yamamoto AkFemDem Jan 2020 #4

Yep - Operation Vengeance dalton99a Jan 2020 #7

We did effectively assassinate Yamamoto exboyfil Jan 2020 #5

No, but we did target and kill Admiral Yamamoto bluedigger Jan 2020 #6

We're not in a declared war now though. That's the difference legally. hedda_foil Jan 2020 #10

There is no legal requirement that was must be declared. Kaleva Jan 2020 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author lunasun Jan 2020 #8

We shot down Yamamoto's airplane knowing he was on it Recursion Jan 2020 #11

We also killed hundreds of thousands of civilians on purpose. Kaleva Jan 2020 #15

Expect total war again ripcord Jan 2020 #23

Allies did or aided in the killing of important underlings. Kaleva Jan 2020 #12

Close to the end of the war, the Allies decided to leave Hitler in place. backscatter712 Jan 2020 #16

God, I Love This Take The_Counsel Jan 2020 #21

We tried several times to take Castro out. Liberal In Texas Jan 2020 #18

Yep. cwydro Jan 2020 #20

They mention him in the Hradcany tour in Prague Recursion Jan 2020 #29

Poor analogy, sarisataka Jan 2020 #22