a review of the failed july 20th plot to kill adolf hitler by claus shenk graf von stauffenberg

1. Stauffenberg Olbricht Quirnhem Tresckow The July 20th plot of 1944 to kill Adolf Hitler Oster Beck Witzleben Goerdeler Hitler Himmler Gavels Kael Gering Keitel

2. Adolf Hitler was one of the most vicious and cruelest dictators of all time

3. Operation Valkyrie: Operation Valkyrie (Unternehmen Walküre) was an emergency "Continuity-of-Government" operations plan developed for the Territorial Reserve Army of Germany to execute and implement should, for whatever reason, there come to be a general breakdown in civil order of the nation; caused by the failure of the nominal civilian (Nazi) led government, to maintain control of civil affairs. The plan was approved by German dictator Adolf Hitler, who intended it to be used in the event that physical disruption caused by the Allied bombing of German cities resulted in a breakdown in domestic law and order; or a rising by the millions of forced laborers from occupied countries working in German factories.

4. Claus von Stauffenberg

5. Stauffenberg: Claus von Stauffenberg was a German Lieutenant-Colonel in the 10th Panzer Division of the German Nazi Army, along with being a lead conspirator in the July 20th plot to kill Hitler.

6. Planning: On July 1, 1944 Stauffenberg was appointed chief-of-staff to General Fromm at the Reserve Army headquarters on Bendlerstrasse in central Berlin. This allowed him to go to Hitler's meetings and find out more information about the Nazis.

7. July 7th By July 7th all preparations were made for the revolt against the worlds greatest threat. A small acid chamber linked to high explosives was the bomb placed in Stauffenberg’s briefcase that would kill Hitler.

8. Wolfsschanze The Wolfsschancze, aka the Wolfs Lair, was the appointed concrete building that the July 20th meeting was to take place.

9. The Bomb Around 12:30 p.m. as the conference began, Stauffenberg made an excuse to use a washroom in Wilhelm Keitel's office where he used pliers to crush the end of a pencil detonator inserted into a 1 kg block of plastic explosives wrapped in brown paper, this bomb was prepared by Wessel von Freytag-Loringhoven. The detonator consisted of a thin copper tube containing acid that would take ten minutes to silently eat through wire holding back the firing pin from the percussion cap . He then placed the primed bomb quickly inside his briefcase having been told his presence was required. He entered the conference room and with the unwitting assistance of Major Ernst John von Freyend he placed his briefcase under the table around which Hitler and more than 20 officers had gathered

10. Stauffenberg places his briefcase next to Hitler. With the bomb in place Stauffenberg puts his briefcase next to Hitler, after a couple minutes he leaves the meeting. Another officer who was in the meeting had felt Stauffenberg’s briefcase fall against his leg, he then placed the bag behind a concrete table leg.

11. The Boom 4 men were killed during the explosion, yet Hitler again survived.

12. The only harm that came to Hitler was to his pants

13. Aftermath After several hours of Operation Valkyrie being in effect the Nazis were able to track the conspirators back to Stauffenberg. They were then immediately executed.

14. The men To the German people the conspirators are heroes, These are 8 main men who tried to change the world. Stauffenberg Olbricht Quirnhem Tresckow Oster Beck Witzleben Goerdeler

15. Bibliography Image.google.com Wikipedia.com Stauffenbergthemovie.com