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Ludwig Beck, Chief of the German General Staff, turned against Hitler in 1938 when he believed Germany was unprepared for war over Czechoslovakia. He helped organise a plan with officers including Hans Oster and Wilhelm Canaris to arrest Hitler if Britain resisted. Through intermediaries, the conspirators contacted the British Foreign Office, where diplomats such as Sir Frank Roberts were aware of these signals. However, Neville Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement and the Munich Agreement boosted Hitler’s prestige, removing the conditions for a military coup and ending the 1938 plot.
Ludwig Beck, Chief of the German General Staff, turned against Hitler in 1938 when he believed Germany was unprepared for war over Czechoslovakia. He helped organise a plan with officers including Hans Oster and Wilhelm Canaris to arrest Hitler if Britain resisted. Through intermediaries, the conspirators contacted the British Foreign Office, where diplomats such as Sir Frank Roberts were aware of these signals. However, Neville Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement and the Munich Agreement boosted Hitler’s prestige, removing the conditions for a military coup and ending the 1938 plot.
