The 20 July plot was a failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, the chancellor and leader of Nazi Germany, and subsequently to overthrow the Nazi regime on 20 July 1944. The plotters were part of the German resistance, mainly composed of Wehrmacht officers. The leader of the conspiracy, Claus von Stauffenberg, planned to kill Hitler by detonating an explosive hidden in a briefcase. However, due to the location of the bomb at the time of detonation, the blast only dealt Hitler minor injuries. The planners' subsequent coup attempt also failed and resulted in a purge of the Wehrmacht.
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
German resistance to Nazism
Many individuals and groups in Germany that were opposed to the Nazi regime engaged in resistance, including assassination attempts on Adolf Hitler or by overthrowing his regime.
Memorial plaque for resistance members and wreath at the Bendlerblock, Berlin
The Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists 1939–1945 in Berlin
"The Third Reich", 1934 painting by the anti-Nazi exile German painter Heinrich Vogeler.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer at Sigurdshof, 1939.