Nazi salute
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The Nazi salute, also known as the Hitler salute, or the Sieg Heil salute, is a gesture that was used as a greeting in Nazi Germany. The salute is performed by raising and extending the right arm forw
Adolf Hitler saluting at a 1935 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg
Nazi test pilot Hanna Reitsch saluting in 1941
From 1892 to 1942, the similar Bellamy salute was raised during the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
A mass "Sieg Heil" during a rally in the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district of Berlin in 1935
20 July plot
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The 20 July plot, sometimes referred to as Operation Valkyrie, was a failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Nazi Germany, and overthrow the Nazi government on 20 July 1944. The pl
Nazi salute
…war effort). The salute was mandatory for civilians but mostly optional for military personnel, who retained a traditional military salute until the failed assassination attempt on Hitler on 20 July 1944. Use of the salute is illegal in modern-day Germany, where associated phrases are also forbidden, although exemptions are made for its…
Martin Bormann, Hermann Göring, and Bruno Loerzer surveying the damaged conference room
Battle fronts in Europe as of 15 July 1944
Stauffenberg with Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim in June 1944
Generaloberst Ludwig Beck