Life In Nazi Germany: july bomb plot & public criticism during the war.

Question 1

who was it led by?

Answer 1

colonel claus graf von stauffenberg.

Question 2

who was colonel graf?

Answer 2

member of german nobility, army officer.

Question 3

what did colonel claus agree with initially?

Answer 3

many of nazis nationalistic policies.

Question 4

what lead to colonel claus wanting to plot against hitler?

Answer 4

• as the war progressed he became disillusioned with nazi leadership and disagreed with the policies against jews.
• following injuries sustained fighting allies in Tunisian in 1947.

Question 5

what did the colonels injuries sustained fighting the allies in Tunisian lead to in terms of his thoughts?

Answer 5

became convinced that Germany was being lead into disaster and the only way to stop it was to remove hitler.

Question 6

what injuries did the colonel sustain in Tunisia?

Answer 6

lost his left eye, right hand, 2 fingers on his left hand.

Question 7

how did the colonel gain support/ introduce his ideas to like minded people?

Answer 7

during recovery in Germany, he came into contact with other people who shared his views.

Question 8

what type of group did he join?

Answer 8

resistance group.

Question 9

what did the resistance group do?

Answer 9

took charge of planning and leading an assassination attempt.

Question 10

who lead the resistance group/ assassination attempt?

Answer 10

ludwig beck and henning von tresckow.

Question 11

what was the plan to kill hitler called?

Answer 11

initiate operation valkyne.

Question 12

wha t would operation valkyne allow?

Answer 12

emergency order to allow plotters to use reserve army to remove SS and gestapo.

Question 13

by summer 1944 why was the groups time running out?

Answer 13

gestapo closing in.

Question 14

what new role was colonel given?

Answer 14

appointed chief of staff to the reserve army.

Question 15

what did the colonels new role allow?

Answer 15

direct contact with the fuhrer regularly.

Question 16

what was hitlers assassination attempt?

Answer 16

bring a case full of explosives to a meeting with hitler, set it to detonate and escape before it exploded.

Question 17

how many assassination attempts were there?

Answer 17

2 previously.

Question 18

when was the attempt made?

Answer 18

early July.

Question 19

when was it and describe the assassination attempt?

Answer 19

20 july. he made attempt in hitlers eastern prussian headquarters at rastenburg.
12:30pm shortly after meeting began he excused himself.
in the washroom he fixed detonator into explosive contained in a case.
returned to meeting slid case under table near hitler, received planned telephone call and made exit.

Question 20

when did the bomb detonate?

Answer 20

12:40 pm.

Question 21

what did the colonel do after hearing the bomb go off?

Answer 21

flew to berlin to take charge of wider coup against nazis.

Question 22

what were the issues with the assassination?

Answer 22

didn’t kill hitler. heavy table leg deflected blast.

Question 23

what happened after blast in berlin?

Answer 23

heard on radio he was alive.
him and conspirators arrested.
tried hastily arranged court martial and executed by firing squad, same night.
buried immediately, next day body dug up by SS and removed medals from uniform.