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	On 1 July 1944 von Stauffenberg was appointed chief-of-staff to General Fromm at the Reserve Army headquarters on Bendlerstrasse in central Berlin. This position enabled von Stauffenberg to attend Hitler’s military conferences, either in East Prussia or at Berchtesgaden, and would thus give him a golden opportunity, perhaps the last that would present itself, to kill Hitler with a bomb or a pistol. Conspirators who had long resisted the idea of killing Hitler on moral grounds now changed their minds—partly because they were hearing reports of the mass murder at Auschwitz of up to 250,000 Hungarian jews, the culmination of the [[~~Holocaust~~]]. Meanwhile new key allies had been gained. These included General [[Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel]] ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/St%C3%BClpnagel,_Carl-Heinrich_von de]), the German military commander in France, who would take control in [[Paris]] when Hitler was killed and, it was hoped, negotiate an immediate armistice with the invading Allied armies.		On 1 July 1944 von Stauffenberg was appointed chief-of-staff to General Fromm at the Reserve Army headquarters on Bendlerstrasse in central Berlin. This position enabled von Stauffenberg to attend Hitler’s military conferences, either in East Prussia or at Berchtesgaden, and would thus give him a golden opportunity, perhaps the last that would present itself, to kill Hitler with a bomb or a pistol. Conspirators who had long resisted the idea of killing Hitler on moral grounds now changed their minds—partly because they were hearing reports of the mass murder at Auschwitz of up to 250,000 Hungarian jews, the culmination of the [[Holohoax]]. Meanwhile new key allies had been gained. These included General [[Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel]] ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/St%C3%BClpnagel,_Carl-Heinrich_von de]), the German military commander in France, who would take control in [[Paris]] when Hitler was killed and, it was hoped, negotiate an immediate armistice with the invading Allied armies.

	The plot was now as ready as it would ever be. Twice in early July von Stauffenberg attended Hitler’s conferences carrying a bomb in his briefcase. But because the conspirators had decided that Himmler and probably Göring must also be assassinated if the planned mobilization of Operation Valkyrie were to have any chance of success, he held back at the last minute because Himmler was not present. In fact, it was unusual for Himmler to attend military conferences. By 15 July, when von Stauffenberg again flew to East Prussia, this condition had been dropped. The plan was for von Stauffenberg to plant the briefcase with the bomb in Hitler’s conference room with a timer running, excuse himself from the meeting, wait for the explosion, then fly back to Berlin and join the other plotters at the Bendlerblock. Operation Valkyrie would be mobilised, the Reserve Army would take control of Germany and the other leaders would be arrested. Beck would be appointed head of state, Goerdeler would be Chancellor and Witzleben would be commander-in-chief. The plan was ambitious and depended on a run of very good luck, but it was not totally fanciful.		The plot was now as ready as it would ever be. Twice in early July von Stauffenberg attended Hitler’s conferences carrying a bomb in his briefcase. But because the conspirators had decided that Himmler and probably Göring must also be assassinated if the planned mobilization of Operation Valkyrie were to have any chance of success, he held back at the last minute because Himmler was not present. In fact, it was unusual for Himmler to attend military conferences. By 15 July, when von Stauffenberg again flew to East Prussia, this condition had been dropped. The plan was for von Stauffenberg to plant the briefcase with the bomb in Hitler’s conference room with a timer running, excuse himself from the meeting, wait for the explosion, then fly back to Berlin and join the other plotters at the Bendlerblock. Operation Valkyrie would be mobilised, the Reserve Army would take control of Germany and the other leaders would be arrested. Beck would be appointed head of state, Goerdeler would be Chancellor and Witzleben would be commander-in-chief. The plan was ambitious and depended on a run of very good luck, but it was not totally fanciful.

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	In late 1942 von Tresckow and Olbricht formulated a plan to assassinate Hitler and stage a coup during Hitler's visit to the headquarters of Army Group Centre at Smolensk in March 1943, by placing a bomb on his plane. The bomb did not go off, and a second attempt days later with Hitler at an exhibition of captured Soviet weaponry in Berlin also failed. These failures demoralized the conspirators. During 1943 they tried without success to recruit senior Army field commanders such as Field Marshal [[Erich von Manstein]] and Field Marshal [[Gerd von Rundstedt]], to support a seizure of power.		In late 1942 von Tresckow and Olbricht formulated a plan to assassinate Hitler and stage a coup during Hitler's visit to the headquarters of Army Group Centre at Smolensk in March 1943, by placing a bomb on his plane. The bomb did not go off, and a second attempt days later with Hitler at an exhibition of captured Soviet weaponry in Berlin also failed. These failures demoralized the conspirators. During 1943 they tried without success to recruit senior Army field commanders such as Field Marshal [[Erich von Manstein]] and Field Marshal [[Gerd von Rundstedt]], to support a seizure of power.

	By mid-1943 the tide of war was turning decisively against [[Germany]]. The Army plotters and their civilian allies became convinced that Hitler must be assassinated so that a government acceptable to the western Allies could be formed and a separate peace negotiated in time to prevent a Soviet invasion of Germany and to avoid as much bloodshed as possible. In August 1943 von Tresckow met a young staff officer, Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg, for the first time. Badly wounded in [[North Africa]], von Stauffenberg was a political conservative and a zealous German fascist with a taste for philosophy. He had at first welcomed the NSDAP but had become rapidly disillusioned. He was at first put off by the systematic executions of [[~~Jewish~~]] civilians and the treatment of the Russian POWs. Then, since the beginning of 1942 he shared the widespread conviction among Army officers that Germany was being led to disaster and that Hitler for both reasons must be removed from power. For some time his religious scruples had prevented him from coming to the conclusion that assassination was the correct way to achieve this. After the [[Battle of Stalingrad]] in December 1942, however, he came to the conclusion that not assassinating Hitler would be a greater moral evil. He brought a new tone of radical, revolutionary decision-making to the ranks of the resistance.		By mid-1943 the tide of war was turning decisively against [[Germany]]. The Army plotters and their civilian allies became convinced that Hitler must be assassinated so that a government acceptable to the western Allies could be formed and a separate peace negotiated in time to prevent a Soviet invasion of Germany and to avoid as much bloodshed as possible. In August 1943 von Tresckow met a young staff officer, Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg, for the first time. Badly wounded in [[North Africa]], von Stauffenberg was a political conservative and a zealous German fascist with a taste for philosophy. He had at first welcomed the NSDAP but had become rapidly disillusioned. He was at first put off by the systematic executions of [[jewish]] civilians and the treatment of the Russian POWs. Then, since the beginning of 1942 he shared the widespread conviction among Army officers that Germany was being led to disaster and that Hitler for both reasons must be removed from power. For some time his religious scruples had prevented him from coming to the conclusion that assassination was the correct way to achieve this. After the [[Battle of Stalingrad]] in December 1942, however, he came to the conclusion that not assassinating Hitler would be a greater moral evil. He brought a new tone of radical, revolutionary decision-making to the ranks of the resistance.

	Olbricht now put forward to von Tresckow and von Stauffenberg a new strategy for staging a coup against Hitler. The Reserve Army had an operational plan called '''Operation Walküre''' ([[Valkyrie]]), which was to be used in the event that the disruption caused by the Allied bombing of German cities caused a breakdown in law and order, or a rising by the millions of slave laborers from occupied countries now being used in German factories. Olbricht suggested that this plan could be used to mobilize the Reserve Army to take control of German cities, disarm the [[SS]] and arrest the leadership, once Hitler had been assassinated. Operation Valkyrie could only be put into effect by General [[Friedrich Fromm]], commander of the Reserve Army, so he must either be won over to the conspiracy or in some way neutralized if the plan was to succeed. Fromm, like many senior officers, knew in general about the military conspiracies against Hitler but neither supported them nor reported them to the Gestapo.		Olbricht now put forward to von Tresckow and von Stauffenberg a new strategy for staging a coup against Hitler. The Reserve Army had an operational plan called '''Operation Walküre''' ([[Valkyrie]]), which was to be used in the event that the disruption caused by the Allied bombing of German cities caused a breakdown in law and order, or a rising by the millions of slave laborers from occupied countries now being used in German factories. Olbricht suggested that this plan could be used to mobilize the Reserve Army to take control of German cities, disarm the [[SS]] and arrest the leadership, once Hitler had been assassinated. Operation Valkyrie could only be put into effect by General [[Friedrich Fromm]], commander of the Reserve Army, so he must either be won over to the conspiracy or in some way neutralized if the plan was to succeed. Fromm, like many senior officers, knew in general about the military conspiracies against Hitler but neither supported them nor reported them to the Gestapo.
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	On 1 July 1944 von Stauffenberg was appointed chief-of-staff to General Fromm at the Reserve Army headquarters on Bendlerstrasse in central Berlin. This position enabled von Stauffenberg to attend Hitler’s military conferences, either in East Prussia or at Berchtesgaden, and would thus give him a golden opportunity, perhaps the last that would present itself, to kill Hitler with a bomb or a pistol. Conspirators who had long resisted the idea of killing Hitler on moral grounds now changed their minds—partly because they were hearing reports of the mass murder at Auschwitz of up to 250,000 Hungarian ~~Jews~~, the culmination of the [[Holocaust]]. Meanwhile new key allies had been gained. These included General [[Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel]] ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/St%C3%BClpnagel,_Carl-Heinrich_von de]), the German military commander in France, who would take control in [[Paris]] when Hitler was killed and, it was hoped, negotiate an immediate armistice with the invading Allied armies.		On 1 July 1944 von Stauffenberg was appointed chief-of-staff to General Fromm at the Reserve Army headquarters on Bendlerstrasse in central Berlin. This position enabled von Stauffenberg to attend Hitler’s military conferences, either in East Prussia or at Berchtesgaden, and would thus give him a golden opportunity, perhaps the last that would present itself, to kill Hitler with a bomb or a pistol. Conspirators who had long resisted the idea of killing Hitler on moral grounds now changed their minds—partly because they were hearing reports of the mass murder at Auschwitz of up to 250,000 Hungarian jews, the culmination of the [[Holocaust]]. Meanwhile new key allies had been gained. These included General [[Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel]] ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/St%C3%BClpnagel,_Carl-Heinrich_von de]), the German military commander in France, who would take control in [[Paris]] when Hitler was killed and, it was hoped, negotiate an immediate armistice with the invading Allied armies.

	The plot was now as ready as it would ever be. Twice in early July von Stauffenberg attended Hitler’s conferences carrying a bomb in his briefcase. But because the conspirators had decided that Himmler and probably Göring must also be assassinated if the planned mobilization of Operation Valkyrie were to have any chance of success, he held back at the last minute because Himmler was not present. In fact, it was unusual for Himmler to attend military conferences. By 15 July, when von Stauffenberg again flew to East Prussia, this condition had been dropped. The plan was for von Stauffenberg to plant the briefcase with the bomb in Hitler’s conference room with a timer running, excuse himself from the meeting, wait for the explosion, then fly back to Berlin and join the other plotters at the Bendlerblock. Operation Valkyrie would be mobilised, the Reserve Army would take control of Germany and the other leaders would be arrested. Beck would be appointed head of state, Goerdeler would be Chancellor and Witzleben would be commander-in-chief. The plan was ambitious and depended on a run of very good luck, but it was not totally fanciful.		The plot was now as ready as it would ever be. Twice in early July von Stauffenberg attended Hitler’s conferences carrying a bomb in his briefcase. But because the conspirators had decided that Himmler and probably Göring must also be assassinated if the planned mobilization of Operation Valkyrie were to have any chance of success, he held back at the last minute because Himmler was not present. In fact, it was unusual for Himmler to attend military conferences. By 15 July, when von Stauffenberg again flew to East Prussia, this condition had been dropped. The plan was for von Stauffenberg to plant the briefcase with the bomb in Hitler’s conference room with a timer running, excuse himself from the meeting, wait for the explosion, then fly back to Berlin and join the other plotters at the Bendlerblock. Operation Valkyrie would be mobilised, the Reserve Army would take control of Germany and the other leaders would be arrested. Beck would be appointed head of state, Goerdeler would be Chancellor and Witzleben would be commander-in-chief. The plan was ambitious and depended on a run of very good luck, but it was not totally fanciful.

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	In late 1942 von Tresckow and Olbricht formulated a plan to assassinate Hitler and stage a coup during Hitler's visit to the headquarters of Army Group Centre at Smolensk in March 1943, by placing a bomb on his plane. The bomb did not go off, and a second attempt days later with Hitler at an exhibition of captured Soviet weaponry in Berlin also failed. These failures demoralized the conspirators. During 1943 they tried without success to recruit senior Army field commanders such as Field Marshal [[Erich von Manstein]] and Field Marshal [[Gerd von Rundstedt]], to support a seizure of power.		In late 1942 von Tresckow and Olbricht formulated a plan to assassinate Hitler and stage a coup during Hitler's visit to the headquarters of Army Group Centre at Smolensk in March 1943, by placing a bomb on his plane. The bomb did not go off, and a second attempt days later with Hitler at an exhibition of captured Soviet weaponry in Berlin also failed. These failures demoralized the conspirators. During 1943 they tried without success to recruit senior Army field commanders such as Field Marshal [[Erich von Manstein]] and Field Marshal [[Gerd von Rundstedt]], to support a seizure of power.

	By mid-1943 the tide of war was turning decisively against [[Germany]]. The Army plotters and their civilian allies became convinced that Hitler must be assassinated so that a government acceptable to the western Allies could be formed and a separate peace negotiated in time to prevent a Soviet invasion of Germany and to avoid as much bloodshed as possible. In August 1943 von Tresckow met a young staff officer, Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg, for the first time. Badly wounded in [[North Africa]], von Stauffenberg was a political conservative and a zealous German ~~nationalist~~ with a taste for philosophy. He had at first welcomed the NSDAP but had become rapidly disillusioned. He was at first put off by the systematic executions of [[Jewish]] civilians and the treatment of the Russian POWs. Then, since the beginning of 1942 he shared the widespread conviction among Army officers that Germany was being led to disaster and that Hitler for both reasons must be removed from power. For some time his religious scruples had prevented him from coming to the conclusion that assassination was the correct way to achieve this. After the [[Battle of Stalingrad]] in December 1942, however, he came to the conclusion that not assassinating Hitler would be a greater moral evil. He brought a new tone of radical, revolutionary decision-making to the ranks of the resistance.		By mid-1943 the tide of war was turning decisively against [[Germany]]. The Army plotters and their civilian allies became convinced that Hitler must be assassinated so that a government acceptable to the western Allies could be formed and a separate peace negotiated in time to prevent a Soviet invasion of Germany and to avoid as much bloodshed as possible. In August 1943 von Tresckow met a young staff officer, Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg, for the first time. Badly wounded in [[North Africa]], von Stauffenberg was a political conservative and a zealous German fascist with a taste for philosophy. He had at first welcomed the NSDAP but had become rapidly disillusioned. He was at first put off by the systematic executions of [[Jewish]] civilians and the treatment of the Russian POWs. Then, since the beginning of 1942 he shared the widespread conviction among Army officers that Germany was being led to disaster and that Hitler for both reasons must be removed from power. For some time his religious scruples had prevented him from coming to the conclusion that assassination was the correct way to achieve this. After the [[Battle of Stalingrad]] in December 1942, however, he came to the conclusion that not assassinating Hitler would be a greater moral evil. He brought a new tone of radical, revolutionary decision-making to the ranks of the resistance.

	Olbricht now put forward to von Tresckow and von Stauffenberg a new strategy for staging a coup against Hitler. The Reserve Army had an operational plan called '''Operation Walküre''' ([[Valkyrie]]), which was to be used in the event that the disruption caused by the Allied bombing of German cities caused a breakdown in law and order, or a rising by the millions of slave laborers from occupied countries now being used in German factories. Olbricht suggested that this plan could be used to mobilize the Reserve Army to take control of German cities, disarm the [[SS]] and arrest the leadership, once Hitler had been assassinated. Operation Valkyrie could only be put into effect by General [[Friedrich Fromm]], commander of the Reserve Army, so he must either be won over to the conspiracy or in some way neutralized if the plan was to succeed. Fromm, like many senior officers, knew in general about the military conspiracies against Hitler but neither supported them nor reported them to the Gestapo.		Olbricht now put forward to von Tresckow and von Stauffenberg a new strategy for staging a coup against Hitler. The Reserve Army had an operational plan called '''Operation Walküre''' ([[Valkyrie]]), which was to be used in the event that the disruption caused by the Allied bombing of German cities caused a breakdown in law and order, or a rising by the millions of slave laborers from occupied countries now being used in German factories. Olbricht suggested that this plan could be used to mobilize the Reserve Army to take control of German cities, disarm the [[SS]] and arrest the leadership, once Hitler had been assassinated. Operation Valkyrie could only be put into effect by General [[Friedrich Fromm]], commander of the Reserve Army, so he must either be won over to the conspiracy or in some way neutralized if the plan was to succeed. Fromm, like many senior officers, knew in general about the military conspiracies against Hitler but neither supported them nor reported them to the Gestapo.

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	[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1984-079-02, Führerhauptquartier, Stauffenberg, Hitler, Keitel crop.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|Hitler five days before the 20 July plot assassination attempt at the [[Führerhauptquartier]] near [[Rastenburg]]. To the left [[Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg]] and [[Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer]] ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Puttkamer,_Karl-Jesko_von de]), to the right [[Wilhelm Keitel]].]]		[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1984-079-02, Führerhauptquartier, Stauffenberg, Hitler, Keitel crop.png\|thumb\|300px\|Hitler five days before the 20 July plot assassination attempt at the [[Führerhauptquartier]] near [[Rastenburg]]. To the left [[Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg]] and [[Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer]] ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Puttkamer,_Karl-Jesko_von de]), to the right [[Wilhelm Keitel]].]]
	The '''July 20 plot''' ({{lang-de\|Attentat vom 20. Juli 1944}} or ''Putschversuch am 20. Juli 1944'') was a 1944 [[conspiracy]] by members of the so-called [[German resistance]] that included a failed attempt to assassinate [[Adolf Hitler]] and a failed attempt to subsequently take power in a coup, by means of an altered '''Operation Walküre''' (English: '''Operation Valkyrie''') plan, which originally was supposed to subdue possible internal unrest. [[Wehrmacht]] officer [[Claus von Stauffenberg]] had a key role in the assassination attempt, since he had access to Hitler. [[Otto Ernst Remer]] had a key role in preventing the coup from succeeding. The failure of the conspiracy led to the arrest of more than 5,000 people and to the trial and execution of about 200 people.		The '''July 20 plot''' ({{lang-de\|Attentat vom 20. Juli 1944}} or ''Putschversuch am 20. Juli 1944'') was a 1944 [[conspiracy]] by members of the so-called [[German resistance]] that included a failed attempt to assassinate [[Adolf Hitler]] and a failed attempt to subsequently take power in a coup, by means of an altered '''Operation Walküre''' (English: '''Operation Valkyrie''') plan, which originally was supposed to subdue possible internal unrest. [[Wehrmacht]] officer [[Claus von Stauffenberg]] had a key role in the assassination attempt, since he had access to Hitler. [[Otto Ernst Remer]] had a key role in preventing the coup from succeeding. The failure of the conspiracy led to the arrest of more than 5,000 people and to the trial and execution of about 200 people.

	==History==		==History==
	[[File:East Prussia Rastenburg Hitler & co following assassination attempt.~~jpg~~\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Immediately following the assassination attempt, Hitler holds his traumatised arm.]]		[[File:East Prussia Rastenburg Hitler & co following assassination attempt.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Immediately following the assassination attempt, Hitler holds his traumatised arm.]]
	[[File:Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (helle Uniform) und der Chef der Reichskanzlei, Martin Bormann (l.), im zerstörten Raum der Karten-Baracke, Juli 1944.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|The map room of the [[Wolf's Lair\|''Wolfsschanze'']] after the bomb with a very concerned [[Hermann Göring]] and [[Martin Bormann]].]]		[[File:Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (helle Uniform) und der Chef der Reichskanzlei, Martin Bormann (l.), im zerstörten Raum der Karten-Baracke, Juli 1944.png\|thumb\|300px\|The map room of the [[Wolf's Lair\|''Wolfsschanze'']] after the bomb with a very concerned [[Hermann Göring]] and [[Martin Bormann]].]]
	=== Background ===		=== Background ===
	[[File:Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini inspect the meeting room in the guest house that was destroyed during the assassination attempt against Hitler on 20 July 1944 (Heinrich Hoffmann).~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|Adolf Hitler and [[Benito Mussolini]] inspect the meeting room in the guest house that was destroyed during the assassination attempt against Hitler on 20 July 1944 (Picture: [[Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer)\|Heinrich Hoffmann]]).]]		[[File:Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini inspect the meeting room in the guest house that was destroyed during the assassination attempt against Hitler on 20 July 1944 (Heinrich Hoffmann).png\|thumb\|300px\|Adolf Hitler and [[Benito Mussolini]] inspect the meeting room in the guest house that was destroyed during the assassination attempt against Hitler on 20 July 1944 (Picture: [[Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer)\|Heinrich Hoffmann]]).]]
	[[File:Schmundt nach dem Attentat.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|The Führer visits infantry General Rudolf Schmundt ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Schmundt,_Rudolf de]); Schmundt was so badly wounded, that he died on 1 October 1944 in the military hospital of Carlshof near Rastenburg.]]		[[File:Schmundt nach dem Attentat.png\|thumb\|300px\|The Führer visits infantry General Rudolf Schmundt ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Schmundt,_Rudolf de]); Schmundt was so badly wounded, that he died on 1 October 1944 in the military hospital of Carlshof near Rastenburg.]]
	[[File:Hitler visiting the wounded Geneneralmajor Walter Scherff.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|Hitler visiting the wounded Major-General [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Scherff,_Walter Walter Scherff]]]		[[File:Hitler visiting the wounded Geneneralmajor Walter Scherff.png\|thumb\|300px\|Hitler visiting the wounded Major-General [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Scherff,_Walter Walter Scherff]]]
	[[File:German leader visits those injured in the assassination attempt.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|right\|Hitler visiting officers hospitalised by the assassination attempt.]]		[[File:German leader visits those injured in the assassination attempt.png\|thumb\|right\|Hitler visiting officers hospitalised by the assassination attempt.]]
	[[File:East Prussia Rastenburg General Buhle, wounded in the assassination attempt..~~jpg~~\|300px\|thumb\|right\|The hospitalised General Buhle & Hitler discuss their close escapes and survival.]]		[[File:East Prussia Rastenburg General Buhle, wounded in the assassination attempt..png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|The hospitalised General Buhle & Hitler discuss their close escapes and survival.]]
	[[File:The tattered remains of a uniform worn by a German general on 20 July 1944.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|The tattered remains of a uniform worn by a German general on 20 July 1944]]		[[File:The tattered remains of a uniform worn by a German general on 20 July 1944.png\|thumb\|300px\|The tattered remains of a uniform worn by a German general on 20 July 1944]]
	[[File:Wound Badge 20. Juli 1944.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|Wounded badge "''20. Juli 1944''" ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Verwundeten-Abzeichen_%E2%80%9E20._Juli_1944%E2%80%9C de])]]		[[File:Wound Badge 20. Juli 1944.png\|thumb\|300px\|Wounded badge "''20. Juli 1944''" ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Verwundeten-Abzeichen_%E2%80%9E20._Juli_1944%E2%80%9C de])]]
	[[File:Major Otto Ernst Fritz Adolf Remer.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|[[Otto Ernst Remer\|Major Remer]] with his [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Wachregiment_%E2%80%9EGro%C3%9Fdeutschland%E2%80%9C ''Wach-Bataillon „Großdeutschland“''] stopped the coup d'etat in Berlin]]		[[File:Major Otto Ernst Fritz Adolf Remer.png\|thumb\|300px\|[[Otto Ernst Remer\|Major Remer]] with his [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Wachregiment_%E2%80%9EGro%C3%9Fdeutschland%E2%80%9C ''Wach-Bataillon „Großdeutschland“''] stopped the coup d'etat in Berlin]]
	[[File:German movie Der 20. Juli (1955) with Wolfgang Preiss as Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|300px\|German movie "Der 20. Juli" (1955) with Wolfgang Preiss as ''Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg'']]		[[File:German movie Der 20. Juli (1955) with Wolfgang Preiss as Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg.png\|thumb\|300px\|German movie "Der 20. Juli" (1955) with Wolfgang Preiss as ''Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg'']]
	Conspiratorial groups planning a coup of some kind had existed in the German Army and the military intelligence organization (the [[Abwehr]]) since 1938. Early leaders of these plots included Brigadier-General [[Hans Oster]], head of the Abwehr Military Intelligence Office, former Army Chief of Staff, General [[Ludwig Beck]], and Field Marshal [[Erwin von Witzleben]]. Plans to stage a coup and prevent Hitler from launching a new world war were developed in 1938 and 1939, but were aborted because of the vacillations of Army Generals [[Franz Halder]] and [[Walter von Brauchitsch]], and the failure of the western powers to oppose Hitler's aggressions until 1939. This first military resistance group delayed their plans after Hitler's extreme popularity following the unexpectedly fast success in the battle for [[France]].		Conspiratorial groups planning a coup of some kind had existed in the German Army and the military intelligence organization (the [[Abwehr]]) since 1938. Early leaders of these plots included Brigadier-General [[Hans Oster]], head of the Abwehr Military Intelligence Office, former Army Chief of Staff, General [[Ludwig Beck]], and Field Marshal [[Erwin von Witzleben]]. Plans to stage a coup and prevent Hitler from launching a new world war were developed in 1938 and 1939, but were aborted because of the vacillations of Army Generals [[Franz Halder]] and [[Walter von Brauchitsch]], and the failure of the western powers to oppose Hitler's aggressions until 1939. This first military resistance group delayed their plans after Hitler's extreme popularity following the unexpectedly fast success in the battle for [[France]].