Each turning point in history has behind it a story and a set of principal characters whose dilemmas and conflicts form its dramatic core and whose unique personalities influenced the outcome of events. New facts, often from indigenous sources, have emerged to add to our understanding of these crucial events and these, together with the latest historical research and documented first-hand accounts, bring each turning point vividly to life. Exclusive dramatizations carried out at the actual sites of the events, History’s Turning Points provides a fascinating and intriguing new perspective on the significant moments that have changed the world. The Plot to Kill Hitler – 1944 A.D. The bomb explodes, but against all odds Europe’s most hated dictator survives In July 1944 Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, a trusted junior officer of the Nazi home army, entered Hitler’s high security headquarters, the Wolf’s Lair, intent to kill his Furher. He stakes his life on success and a restoration of honor for Germany. The bomb explodes, but by a curious twist of fate, does not kill Hitler, who goes on to be responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands more men, women and children in the last nine months of the war.