The most failed rescue was broadcast live on TV. The thugs were aware of the police's movements throughout the process. What was the result?

On August 26, 1972, the 20th Olympic Games was held in Munich, West Germany. At that time, the two Germanys had not yet been reunified, and the negative impact of the Nazis in World War II still existed on Germany. Therefore, West Germany went all out for this Olympic Games and spent a lot of money on Olympic venues and Olympic equipment, becoming the most expensive expenditure in the Olympic Games at that time. , the largest Olympic Games.

However, there are only so many total funds, and Germany still needs to repay the reparations after World War II. It spends too much money on equipment, and there is naturally a lack of security; at the same time, West Germany this time Originally, they wanted people all over the world to feel their transformation and the enthusiasm of the West German people, so the immigration inspection was very lax. In addition, due to the influence of Nazi Germany, the armed forces in West Germany were very weak, and there was no way to deal with it. The experience of terrorist organizations.

The combination of various reasons gives terrorist organizations opportunities.

If anyone was harmed the most by Germany during World War II, it was undoubtedly the Jews. Therefore, when West Germany held the Olympic Games, it sincerely invited the Israeli delegation to participate in this event, hoping to let Israel see a brand new world. West Germany; Israel was also very generous and sent the largest delegation in history to West Germany to repair relations. Something happened.

On September 4, 1972, the Israeli players who had no competition happily came back from watching a movie and went to sleep, preparing to recharge their batteries for the next day's competition. Little did they know that death had already arrived. Eight Palestinian terrorists from "Black September" quietly came to the Olympic Village around 4 a.m. on the 5th and went straight to Building 31, where the Israeli athletes live.

Wrestling coach Weinberg discovered the arrival of the terrorists, but he was too panicked. His loud shouting not only woke up the Israeli players, but also caused the terrorists who had been preparing for secret operations to start attacking directly. Weinberg Ge and athlete Roman were killed, and nine other Israeli members were tied up and used as hostages.

After West Germany learned that a terrorist attack had occurred here, it immediately mobilized the police to surround the place. At the same time, Mrs. Meir, then Israeli Prime Minister, originally wanted to send a commando to rescue, but West Germany could not let other countries go. The army came to its own territory, but after being rejected by West Germany, it could only ask Zamir, the head of the Intelligence Bureau, to come alone for rescue.

Remember what I said at the beginning? At this time, West Germany actually had no experience in facing terrorist attacks, and they did not realize that they needed to expel the onlookers. Yes, that's right, terrorists are holding Israeli athletes hostage in 31 buildings. In addition to rescuers, there are also a large number of media and people outside the building. Those media and TV stations even started to directly carry out rescue operations in order to get more clicks. live streaming.

What is this equivalent to? It's equivalent to telling the terrorists in the building what the police outside are doing. Sure enough, when the situation reached a stalemate at about 4:30 pm on the 5th, West Germany discovered that the terrorists had not given enough time to prepare for an immediate attack. However, all this was discovered by the terrorists who were guarding the TV cameras in the building. They directly He threatened to shoot the hostages to warn the rescuers that the rescue could only fail.

The purpose of the terrorists was to get Israel to release the arrested Palestinians, but they had no intention of handing their lives over here. Therefore, at around 8:30 pm, the terrorists believed that continuing the stalemate would only endanger the situation. As his side became increasingly unfavorable, the leader, Issa, agreed to let them take a bus to a helicopter, and then take the helicopter to a passenger plane to fly to Egypt.

The West German side mistakenly believed that there were only 5 terrorists, so they only gathered 5 snipers. They never expected that there were 8 snipers. This meant that there would be 3 snipers when they waited for a unified operation. Criminals are not being watched by snipers. But time waits for no one, and there is no way to gather three more snipers at this time, so we can only act according to the opportunity.

Zamier, sent by Israel, discovered this serious problem and felt that a specific rescue plan needed to be discussed, but was rejected by West Germany. At this time, West Germany once again made a serious mistake. As the terrorists made their way to the airport, they never evicted the people and the media!

At around 11 o'clock in the evening, Issa boarded the passenger plane first for inspection and found that the crew had been evacuated urgently. After realizing that West Germany was trying to "catch a turtle in a jar", he immediately alerted his companions; West Germany's plan was exposed They simply ordered to fire. At this time, another fatal problem was exposed. Their snipers did not even have communication facilities installed.

Everyone should be able to imagine what happened next. Only 3 snipers fired, and due to lack of experience, no one shot was fatal. The original sniper turned into a melee, and all the hostages and 1 policeman 1 A pilot died. Remember the media watching? In fact, the sacrifice in this melee did not need to be so great, but the crowd of onlookers blocked the path of the armored vehicle rescue, and there was no large armored equipment to attack and cover, which ultimately led to this tragedy.

This time the Munich tragedy triggered a series of subsequent problems, but looking at the incident itself, apart from West Germany's lack of preparation, the media and audiences who joined in the fun were the biggest failure. A qualified reporter will not cause any trouble for any emergencies. I hope every practitioner can keep this in mind.