Claus von Stauffenberg: Hero of Operation Valkyrie

Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a decorated German Army officer who became the driving operational force behind the July 20, 1944 assassination attempt against Adolf Hitler. After suffering severe combat injuries in Tunisia, losing his eye and hand, Stauffenberg determined that removing Hitler was necessary to save Germany and stop ongoing atrocities. He personally placed a bomb inside the Wolf's Lair headquarters and flew to Berlin to lead Operation Valkyrie, a planned military coup. Following the plot's failure, Stauffenberg was executed by firing squad at the Bendlerblock, becoming an enduring symbol of German resistance.

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