Valkyrie

German army officer Claus von Stauffenberg leads a conspiracy of high-ranking officials to assassinate Adolf Hitler and seize control of the government using the Operation Valkyrie contingency plan. When the bomb fails to kill Hitler, the plotters scramble to execute their coup before the plot unravels.

The 20 July plot was the most significant of several attempts by German military officers to assassinate Hitler and end the war; Stauffenberg planted a bomb at the Wolf's Lair headquarters, but Hitler survived, and the conspirators were swiftly arrested and executed. The plot exposed deep divisions within the German military over the regime's conduct of the war.

The film follows the documented sequence of the plot closely, though it condenses some events and simplifies the conspirators' motivations.

Directed by Bryan Singer

Cast: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson

Positioned at 20–21 July 1944 within the German officers' plot against Hitler phase of the war, as part of the 20 July plot. This is entry 120 of 150 in the chronological archive.

• Stauffenberg
• assassination plot
• Operation Valkyrie
• Hitler
• German resistance

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