Claus von Stauffenberg
15 November 1907 – 21 July 1944
Claus von Stauffenberg was a German army officer who served in Poland, France, the Soviet Union and North Africa, where he was severely wounded in 1943. As chief of staff to the commander of the Replacement Army he had access to Adolf Hitler's briefings and, on 20 July 1944, placed a bomb at the Wolf's Lair as part of a plot to overthrow the Nazi government. The coup attempt failed and he was executed in Berlin the following morning.
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Life events
He was born into a Swabian aristocratic family.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe entered the Reichswehr as an officer cadet.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe couple had five children.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe took part as an officer of the 1st Light Division.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe staff appointment gave him a broad view of the conduct of the war.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAn air attack on his unit cost him his left eye, his right hand and two fingers of his left hand.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAt the General Army Office he joined the conspiracy against Hitler and worked on the Valkyrie plans.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe post under General Friedrich Fromm gave him access to Hitler's military conferences.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe explosion killed four people but Hitler survived, and the attempted coup in Berlin collapsed that evening.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was shot by firing squad with three fellow conspirators shortly after midnight.
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