The plan was for4 Schlabrendorff to plant a bomb on Hitler’s plane in Smolensk, where he would be on March 13 for a brief visit to the troops on the eastern front. Years later, Schlabrendorff explained that “the semblance of an accident would avoid the political disadvantages of a murder. For in those days Hitler still had many followers who, after such an event, would have put up a strong resistance to our revolt.” As soon as it was confirmed that the Führer’s remains had been properly scattered across Minsk, the generals would launch their coup.
