Operation Valkyrie
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Operation Valkyrie was a German World War II emergency continuity-of-government operations plan issued to the Territorial Reserve Army of Germany to implement in the event of a general breakdown in na
Operation Valkyrie 2 cover in the Bundesarchiv
Friedrich Olbricht
Henning von Tresckow in 1944
Operation Valkyrie Telex declaring Hitler's death
Claus von Stauffenberg
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Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German army officer who is best known for his failed attempt on 20 July 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, part of Op
Operation Valkyrie
…forced labourers working in German factories. German Army (Heer) officers, General Friedrich Olbricht, Generalmajor Henning von Tresckow and Oberst Claus von Stauffenberg modified the plan with the intention of using it to take control of German cities, disarm the SS, and arrest the Nazi leadership once Hitler had been…
1934 portrait
Stauffenberg with the 17th Cavalry Regiment in Bamberg
Graf von Stauffenberg, left, with Hitler (centre) and Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel, right, in an aborted assassination attempt at Rastenburg on 15 July 1944
1951 death certificate