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STAUFFENBERG ,The German officer who tried to kill Hitler

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STAUFFENBERG ,  TRIED TO KILL  BY BOMBING 20 July 2014   From the section These are external links and will open in a new window Share this with Facebook   Share this with Twitter   Share this with Messenger   Share this with Email   Share Image copyright AP The Wolfsschanze, or Wolf's Lair, was Hitler's secret headquarters on the Eastern Front. Stauffenberg was attending the daily briefing between the Fuhrer and Germany's high command - but in his briefcase, he carried a bomb. On 20 July 1944, a 36-year-old German army officer, Col Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, arrived at a heavily guarded complex hidden in a forest in East Prussia. His mission was to kill Adolf Hitler. "We were standing around and Hitler came in, and then the conference began," recalled German army officer Gen Walter Warlimont in a BBC interview in 1967. "Suddenly the door opened again, and I happened to turn around, and I saw that a colonel...

CLAUS VON STAUFFENBERG ,THE MAIN VICTIM TO KILL HITLER GOT ARRESTED AND SHOT DEAD BORN 1907 NOVEMBER 15

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CLAUS VON STAUFFENBERG , THE MAIN VICTIM TO KILL HITLER GOT ARRESTED AND SHOT DEAD BORN 1907 NOVEMBER 15-1944 july 21 Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg[1] (15 November 1907 – 21 July 1944) was a German army officer and member of the German nobility who was one of the leading members of the failed 20 July plot of 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler and remove the Nazi Party from power. Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg Claus von Stauffenberg Birth name Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Born 15 November 1907 Jettingen ,   Kingdom of Bavaria ,   German Empire Died 21 July 1944   (aged 36) Berlin ,   Free State of Prussia ,   Nazi Germany 52.507892°N 13.36219°E Allegiance   Weimar Republic   (1930–1933)   Nazi Germany (1933–1943)   German resistance   (1943–1944) Service/branch Wehrmacht Years of service 1930–1944 Rank Oberst Battles/wars World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Ope...