20 July plot

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The 20 July plot was a failed 1944 attempt by German military officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf assassination attempt ⓘ
coup attempt ⓘ
resistance movement action ⓘ
aftermath executions of conspirators ⓘ
mass arrests of conspirators ⓘ
aim assassination of Adolf Hitler ⓘ
negotiated peace with the Western Allies ⓘ
overthrow of the Nazi regime ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 20. Juli 1944 ⓘ
Operation Valkyrie ⓘ
casualties 4 killed (other than Hitler) ⓘ
many injured ⓘ
commemoratedOn 20 July (Germany) ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
date 1944-07-20 ⓘ
executedConspirators Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim ⓘ
Claus von Stauffenberg ⓘ
Erwin von Witzleben ⓘ
Friedrich Olbricht ⓘ
Ludwig Beck ⓘ
Werner von Haeften ⓘ
explosiveType plastic explosives ⓘ
historicalSignificance symbol of German resistance to Hitler ⓘ
HitlerOutcome survived with minor injuries ⓘ
intendedFollowUp arrest of leading Nazi officials ⓘ
seizure of key government buildings in Berlin ⓘ
judge Roland Freisler ⓘ
legalBasisForCoup Operation Valkyrie contingency plan ⓘ
linked to: Operation Valkyrie
location Rastenburg, East Prussia ⓘ
Wolfsschanze ⓘ
meetingLocation Wolfsschanze briefing hut ⓘ
linked to: Wolfsschanze
meetingType military briefing ⓘ
memorials Bendlerblock memorial in Berlin ⓘ
method bomb in briefcase ⓘ
numberOfPeoplePunished over 4,000 arrested or executed ⓘ
organisedBy Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim ⓘ
Carl Goerdeler ⓘ
Claus von Stauffenberg ⓘ
Erwin von Witzleben ⓘ
Friedrich Olbricht ⓘ
Henning von Tresckow ⓘ
Ludwig Beck ⓘ
partOf German resistance to Nazism ⓘ
perpetratorRole German Army officers ⓘ
Wehrmacht officers ⓘ
linked to: Wehrmacht

civilian conspirators ⓘ
result failure ⓘ
target Adolf Hitler ⓘ
trialsHeldBy People's Court ⓘ

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Valkyrie (2008 film) → basedOn → 20 July plot ⓘ
Günther von Kluge → participantIn → 20 July plot ⓘ
Arthur Nebe → involvedIn → 20 July plot ⓘ
Operation Valkyrie → significantEvent → 20 July plot ⓘ
German resistance to Nazism → hasPart → July 20 plot ⓘ
linked to: 20 July plot
Hans von Dohnanyi → participantIn → 20 July plot ⓘ
Julius Leber → participantIn → 20 July plot ⓘ
Erwin von Witzleben → participantIn → 20 July plot ⓘ
Friedrich Olbricht → participantIn → 20 July plot ⓘ
Friedrich Olbricht → notableEvent → 20 July 1944 assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler ⓘ
linked to: 20 July plot
Erich Hoepner → participantIn → 20 July plot ⓘ
The Desert Fox (1951 film) → portrays → 20 July plot ⓘ
Albrecht Haushofer → participantIn → 20 July plot ⓘ
Karl Sack → participantIn → 20 July plot ⓘ
Ulrich von Hassell → participantIn → 20 July plot ⓘ
Rudolf Schmundt → participantIn → 20 July plot ⓘ
Major Ernst John von Freyend (Valkyrie) → associatedWithEvent → 20 July plot ⓘ
Otto Ernst Remer → notableWork → Suppression of the 20 July plot ⓘ
linked to: 20 July plot
Carl Goerdeler → participantIn → 20 July plot ⓘ
Bendlerblock memorial in Berlin → commemorates → 20 July 1944 plot ⓘ
linked to: 20 July plot
Jettingen, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire → associatedWith → 20 July plot against Adolf Hitler ⓘ
linked to: 20 July plot
Ludwig Beck → participantIn → 20 July plot ⓘ
Regime of Frau Engel → conflictWith → Kreisau Circle uprising ⓘ
linked to: 20 July plot
Kreisau Circle → linkedToEvent → 20 July plot ⓘ