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Also Known As Walküre • Valkyrie
Date 1943 - July 20, 1944
Location Germany

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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German theologian
Erwin Rommel
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal
Goerdeler, Karl Friedrich
Carl Goerdeler
German politician
Graf Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg
Claus, Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg
German military officer
Beck, Ludwig
Ludwig Beck
German general