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Also Known As Walküre • Valkyrie
Date 1943 - July 20, 1944
Location Germany

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Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Paul Otto Schmidt stand amid broken beams and debris, inspecting bomb damage at the Wolf's Lair after the July 1944 assassination attempt on Hitler.
July Plot: A Failed Attempt to Assassinate Adolf Hitler
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Key People

Portrait of Adolf Hitler in a collared shirt and tie, facing forward with a serious expression, circa 1933.
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German theologian
Erwin Rommel
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal
Goerdeler, Karl Friedrich
Carl Goerdeler
German politician
Graf Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg
Claus, Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg
German military officer
Beck, Ludwig
Ludwig Beck
German general