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Operation Long Jump: Hitler's Failed Plot to Assassinate Allied Leaders in Tehran
TLDR Operation Long Jump was a failed plot by Hitler to assassinate Allied leaders during their meeting in Tehran in 1943. The plan was intercepted by the Soviets, preventing a potential game-changing event in World War II.
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Operation Long Jump was Hitler's plot to kill all the Allied leaders in one fell swoop during their meeting in Tehran in 1943.
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The Allies planned to hold a meeting in late November 1943 to discuss the future of the war and post-war plans, but were faced with the challenge of finding a suitable location for the leaders to meet.
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The Allies settled on Tehran, Iran as the location for the meeting, which required a significant amount of security.
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The Germans discovered the plans for the Tehran meeting and decided to attempt an assassination of the Allied leaders, with the organization of the plan given to Ernst Kotlenbruner and carried out by Otto Scorzani.
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The Soviets intercepted German communications and discovered a plot to assassinate Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill, leading them to round up German operatives in Iran and intercept messages about a second group planning the attack.
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The Soviets warned the Americans and British about the plot, but there has been disagreement about its existence, with some denying it and others confirming it.
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Operation Long Jump never came to fruition, but if it had, the outcome of the war and the rest of the 20th century would have been radically different.
