Between 1934 and 1944, there were over 20 documented plots to take down the Führer, but none of them succeeded. Two plots, however, got close.

The most famous was “Operation Valkyrie” in 1944, where German Officer Claus von Stauffenberg planted a bomb under a table at Hitler’s secret headquarters. Unfortunately, it was placed near a sturdy table leg that shielded Hitler from the blast. Six were injured, 4 died, and Hitler’s pants got singed.

The second was a few years earlier, in 1939, where a German worker generated a detailed plan and built a bomb that was placed in a hollowed out pillar where Hitler was to give a speech. It went off, but 13 minutes too late. He was long gone by then.