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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jd Smith1" data-source="post: 9672224" data-attributes="member: 6998052">There's a difference between hired/outside assassins, and internal power plays. Hitler, for example, survived a dozen+ assassination attempts, but all were internal matters, not external.There are very few examples of a national leader being killed by an assassin hired or sent by outside factions.One of the reasons is that an assassinated leader swiftly becomes a martyr, even if they were not hugely popular before. Truth be told, there is very little historical support for assassins; for example, when the Brits assassinated Heydrich, they used two locals who received minimal training, and who would have failed but for a lucky post-wound infection.Tito is one of the few national leaders who was the target of outside assassination attempts, and none even got close.</blockquote>