20 July plot
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On 20 July 1944, Claus von Stauffenberg and other conspirators attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Germany, inside his Wolf's Lair field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia. The name Operation Valkyrie, originally referring to part of the conspiracy, has become associated with the entire event. The apparent aim of the assassination attempt was to wrest political control of Germany and its armed forces from the Nazi Party (including the SS) and to make peace with the western Allies as soon as possible.
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See also
- Assassination attempts on Adolf Hitler
- List of members of the 20 July plot
- List of people killed or wounded in the 20 July plot
- Operation Foxley – British plot to assassinate Hitler using a sniper
- Operation Spark (1940) – plans generated in the early 1940s by German anti-Nazis to assassinate Hitler
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