Timeline Thursday 20 July 1944

Events on Thursday 20 July 1944 2

• 1944 20 July plot German officers fail to assassinate Hitler Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg planted a briefcase bomb at the Wolf's Lair headquarters in East Prussia, but Hitler survived with minor injuries. The attempted coup in Berlin collapsed within hours. Thousands were arrested and around 5,000 people were executed in the reprisals that followed.
• 1944 July 20 plot — Hitler assassination attempt Stauffenberg's bomb fails to kill Hitler Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg placed a bomb at Hitler's Wolf's Lair headquarters on July 20, 1944. Hitler survived with minor injuries. Over 4,900 people were executed in the subsequent crackdown.