20 July Plot facts for kids
Quick facts for kids 20 July plot |
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| Type | Decapitation strike |
| Location | Wolf's Lair, East Prussia |
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| Date | 20 July 1944, 12:42 (UTC+2) |
| Executed by | Claus von Stauffenberg |
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| Casualties | 4 killed, 13 injured |
On 20 July 1944, Claus von Stauffenberg and other conspirators tried 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 related to the plot. The idea behind the assassination was to seize 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.
The plot was a plan by several groups in the German resistance to overthrow the Nazi German government. Claus von Stauffenberg planted a bomb close to Adolf Hitler since he was presented with him in the conference meeting. The bomb failed to kill Hitler since one of the participants unwittingly moved the bomb away from Hitler. The table absorbed much of the blast as a result. The failure of the assassination attempt and the intended military coup d'état that was to follow led the Gestapo to arrest more than 7,000 people, of whom they executed 4,980.
Images for kids
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Battle fronts in Europe as of 15 July 1944
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Hitler shaking hands with Bodenschatz, accompanied by Stauffenberg (left) and Keitel (right). Bodenschatz was seriously wounded five days later by Stauffenberg's bomb. Rastenburg, 15 July 1944.
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Approximate positions of the attendees at the meeting in relation to the briefcase bomb when it exploded: 1 Adolf Hitler; 2 Adolf Heusinger; 3 Günther Korten; 4 Heinz Brandt; 5 Karl Bodenschatz; 6 Heinz Waizenegger; 7 Rudolf Schmundt; 8 Heinrich Borgmann; 9 Walther Buhle; 10 Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer; 11 Heinrich Berger; 12 Heinz Assmann; 13 Ernst John von Freyend; 14 Walter Scherff; 15 Hans-Erich Voss; 16 Otto Günsche; 17 Nicolaus von Below; 18 Hermann Fegelein; 19 Heinz Buchholz; 20 Herbert Büchs; 21 Franz von Sonnleithner; 22 Walter Warlimont; 23 Alfred Jodl; 24 Wilhelm Keitel.
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Bomb damage to the conference room
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Soldiers and Waffen SS men at the Bendlerblock, July 1944
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Courtyard at the Bendlerblock, where Stauffenberg, Olbricht, and others were executed
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Hitler visits Puttkamer in the Carlshof hospital
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Funeral of General Korten at the Tannenberg Memorial
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Henning von Tresckow
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Friedrich Olbricht
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Werner von Haeften
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Memorial at the Bendlerblock: "Here died for Germany on 20 July 1944" (followed by the names of the principal conspirators)
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Memorial statue at the Bendlerblock by Richard Scheibe
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See also
In Spanish: Atentado del 20 de julio de 1944 para niños
