Valkyrie: The German Plot To Assassinate Adolf Hitler | Operation Valkyrie | Timeline
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- Operation Valkyrie: The Plot To Kill Hitler is the definitive film on Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and the ‘Valkyrie’ conspiracy to assassinate Hitler on 20th July, 1944. Produced in collaboration with the official German Foundation dedicated to the memory of the conspirators, it features testimonials and eyewitness accounts from all of the aristocratic families involved in the plot, including the last living conspirator to escape Hitler’s wrath, and Maria Countess von Stauffenberg who knew Claus all her life.
The film also features leading scholars and historians on the conspiracy such as Prof. Peter Hoffmann, author of the biography “Stauffenberg”, and Prof. Ian Kershaw, renowned World War II scholar and BBC consultant. Operation Valkyrie: The Plot To Kill Hitler is illustrated with rare footage of Hitler’s inner circle, including colour home movies shot by Hitler’s lover Eva Braun, as well as a painstakingly researched dramatisation of the actual assassination attempt, and a detailed CG reconstruction of Wolfschanze or “Wolf’s Lair”, Hitler’s military headquarters near Rastenburg, where the assassination attempt took place.
For anyone interested in the real story of the Wehrmacht resistance and the Stauffenberg conspiracy in particular, this is a must-have documentary and the definitive record of what happened before and after the pivotal events of 20th July, 1944. Documentary first broadcast in 2008.
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One important quote from von Stayffenberg to his wife, which I think should have been included at the end of the movie (and I paraphrase): “ If I fail in my mission, Germany will regard me as a traitor. But if I do not do this, I will be a traitor to my own conscience.” This would have concluded the movie in a somewhat positive note in the midst of failure.
This man is a true hero.
My brain on WW2 history lessons
During high school: Nope
5 years after high school: *WOW THIS IS INTERESTING!!*
@Ethan both of them lie big time you gotta peice ww2 together
Same here, ,,
@Kevin Eontrainer - me too!!!
So true.
I am one of the rare ones. History was always one of my favorite classes in high school And nearly 13 years after, I still find it interesting
I’ll take a war documentary over any movie any day of my life. The soundtracks are phenomenal,the narrator is spot on and everything is perfect
Perfectly said👍
I blame the impatient officer who wouldn't allow the second bomb. Rest on Stauffenberg
amen
amen
Wtf else he gonna do but rest?? 😭😭😭
@The Fuhrer Is that why the red army burnt and desecrated his body?
courage and honour, missing these days
Colonel Graf von Stauffenberg is an example of courage and sens of responsability. Not only for Germans but also for each humanbeing.
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What amazes me was that those who defied also knew that Hitler’s Germany was doomed. It was a worst case; best case scenario. With History we know the plan was As flawed as Hitler’s Third Reich. There was no way it would have went in the way of the plan. Yet these men were indeed brave. In the Tom Cruise movie my heart reached its max. As a WW2 buff, it reminded me of my father. Who is an retired Aboriginal Major Who did his fighting in the Gulf War, Iraq, & Afghanistan respectively. His career was filled with defeats as he explained some intense mistakes he made. That’s what my 74 year old Dad told me about War. Not his Victories, but of his mistakes. I knew exactly what he meant. Mistakes. That’s what defines a man. Victories are the the silver lining in an absolutely dark cloud.
The more I've learned about the 20th July Plot over the years, the more doomed it appears. If it had (by some unlikely chance) succeeded, I wonder if Germany might have descended into civil war. And there would have been the risk of another "stab-in-the-back" myth emerging, with extremist nutters claiming that Germany 'could have (somehow) won if not for that Stauffenberg plot'.
Readiness of the home army...Der Volkstrum
What movie was it?
Just curious, where was he stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan?
@@rebekahbullivant4616 Valkyrie - Tom Cruise
It was amazing that Stauffenberg made it past all checkpoints. I would like to know what flak Capt. Mollendorf caught after authorizing him to proceed past the last checkpoint. That the plan called for Stauffenberg to make it out of the Wolf's Lair AFTER the blast seems like a real roll of the dice.
Staufenberg shoulda had a car-mounted gatling gun, going past each check point, and, a C-130 gun-ship waiting for them, circling as back-up, above the wolfshanze air field. C-130 coulda strayfed/riddled Shitler with un-ending weaponry.. . Lotsa Lead! which would have burned off more than his trousers. And the whole thing would be over.. . . . .
That was indeed a great feat to even get out of wolf's Lair.
the plan wasn't to get out AFTER the flash, but before it. The environmental conditions (heat) made the detonator strike early. That's one of the main drawbacks of chemical detonators, their reactivity is wildly altered by temperature. You'll note that they used the same British Deteonator pens in their first bombing attempt with the liquor on the planes, and that failed due to cold. Here it went off early due to heat.
@@maxdecphoenix But didn't Stauffenberg wait (I believe with Gen. Fellgiebel) to see that the bomb detonated, then left after the blast?
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Great film! Thank you for sharing this and so many more
Thank you for teaching me more about history. Now I am older I have a newer perspective on life. My Grandfather came to Australia long before this happened. They left long before this started. Made a better life for his family here in Australia.
“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.”― Leonardo da Vinci.
Somethings will never be understood!
A flower will suffice
Hate is taught & never understood
@@alicelinford6106if you open your eyes you will
I remember watching this program on The History Channel years ago. Thank you for uploading this!
went here for more after the operation valkyrie movie
Surprisingly good considering the lead actor
Cruise 2008,movie best
@@RipRoarin Q
There's also a tv movie of it to from the 90s
There was a German version made also called Stauffenberg.
The movie valkyrie with Tim cruise that is based on this story is very very good. Although all the conspirators were hunted and killed they were still very brave men. This is the kind of man I think people should aspire to be.
Aspire oh mine got.
Aspire
Um. TOM
@@timothyblanchard7493 im pretty sure its jim cruise.
Yes but the casting was all wrong. I was cheering when Hitlers henchman filled Cruise full of lead.
@@JM-yx1lm Not at all you skallywag its Teddy D. Roosevelt
I weep whenever I watch this daring attempt ....
37:40
Fromm: You are under arrest.
Von Stauffenberg: no u
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That's true man
Great Line!!
This must be taught in our schools and longer than a day. Needs to also have verbal conversation with students. Must be taught and discussed... It's just wrong that it isn't!
Enjoyed the movie Valkyrie. I am not a Tom Cruise fan but for this movie I make an exception. If only Stauffenburg would have been successful by activating both bombs he would have succeeded.
And Germany wouldn't be divided into two during the Cold War.
@@randallrona9618 three
He does have the look of Stauffenberg. And it was a decent performance.
TC is a very good actor. The only reason people don’t like him is cos of his religion.
I was thinking about the film, Valkyrie (2008).
How sad!!!
It's a failure, if thing happened in a planned way, many lives would have saved.
Thanks for presenting this article in a fascinating way.
@Chris Jones are you really comparing modern american politics to nazism
@Chris Jones you do know that when you sign up, you agree to their terms and agreements? Says they will and can remove whatever they feel is necessary.
despicable plan.
@@Naijiri. Ya. I mean we got our issues over here in the states. But I still feel voting is a valid way to fight back and fix things. Not to mention it was the Republican candidate people took to the streets for and tried to violently overturn the election.
@Chris Jones How about us Americans refuse to ever vote for a democrat or republican again. Both of the parties are rotten. Ya one might favor a certain policy more then the other. But both parties are corrupt and in need of dying.
Goosebumps....Respect for Stauffenberg and the man who write last two letters😭😭
Stauffenberg had three small children. What courage to do what was right despite the price. Had he succeeded millions would've been saved.
Sadly lacking today.
I am confused as to why von Stauffenberg did not put the 2nd piece of C4 explosive (or whatever it was) in the briefcase next to the one that was fused. Even being un-fused it still would have detonated, it would have been like setting off a larger chunk of plastic explosive. Fusing wasn't entirely necessary. Just a thought.
My first thought is that maybe he wanted to keep it as a backup explosive incase the first one didn't go off for whatever reason, like a faulty fuse.
would it have still been effective though? because what would be the point in arming both if he only had to chuck it in with the other one..
He meant to arm both, but he was interrupted because the general that was waiting for him grew impatient and sent his aide to hurry him up. He didn’t get a chance to arm the second one because of this.
@@ManiacsWord He didn't need to,it would have exploded anyway doubling the blast; it's called a sympathy explosion.
A sympathy explosion?? So cool. I am going to borrow that.
From 19:31 it is funny when the narrator is talking about two Arabian countries in the north Africa (Tunisia & Libya) and suddenly you hear the Turkish language music which is totally not related. It's like u're talking about Italy and the producer have been chosen for German language folk music.
Just brilliant! :p
In those ten months more German soldriers and civilians died as in the years from september 1939 to 20 july 1944 added up together. It raged out of control like a beast gone insane
At 14:12, a former soldier talks about the SS murdering “Jews and gypsies” in the Soviet Union, but *he says nothing of the roughly 26+ MILLION Slavs who were mass murdered or starved to death, including about 8.6 MILLION Russian soldiers.* Now, about 1 MILLION murdered Jewish people are included in the total number, which is absolutely horrific. But it’s clear that the Slavic people bore the hardest burden, a fact which is rarely mentioned in documentaries like this one! WHY?? *The German army razed 1,170 SOVIET TOWNS and 70:000 VILLAGES,* but these figures are also absent from documentaries!
Gotta have a narrative… 😉
The topic was the assassination attempt.
Where did they get these actors, the local bowling alley?
Lol just what I was thinking
Skidrow 😂😂😂😂
From surplus nazis r us.
Arnold Ziffle what did you expect, Tom Cruise? It’s a dam document not a Marvel movie.
The guy playing Keitel is terrible! The first thing anyone learns in any military is to stand up straight at all times, that guy is slouching around almost to the point of it being comical lol.
Imagine that second bomb is somewhere in the woods in Poland still.
Imagine putting ads in another's documentary.
C N lol
I heard that they actually found the second bomb- all they had to do was search near the road!!
@@daleburrell6273 From the movie Valkyrie the second bomb can be identifed with the help of staff car driver of Stauffenberg
@PAK Must Deploy Army in #IOK in 2021 Hey dimwit, Your comment is completely unrelated to this video. Moreover the content you wrote is completely BS. It all makes sense if you swap both country names.
Panic is the worst energy for every mission
Robert Ludlum's The Holcroft Covenant brought me here.(Wolfsschanze-The Wolf's Lair)
Great story and documentary of it.
I really wonder if it would have gone any differently if they had activated Valkyrie immediately after the bomb went off.
The guy who tried to save Germany from complete defeat but failed. You are not forgot!
I kinda have to agree with Rommel, how could this have worked unless you got Fatty and Himmler as well
It didn't work cause shitller hapeneed to survive ... Idiot
Yes, and an army like the US behind you all the way!
The idea was to open the German lines and let the Americans and Brits in and surrender; they certainly DID NOT want the Russians anywhere near a negotiated peace.
@@63Baggies I think as well they hoped to convince the Western Allies to take up arms against the Soviets and fight alongside the Germans.
@James Wright I wish they had done that. They would have liberated the people of eastern europe and Russia from the soviet regime. If the western allies had done that, we would had a stable democratic russia today. No USSR would have meant no communist china, no North Korea, no communist Vietnam. Most of the world's problems after ww2 were due to the USSR. The brits are to be blame for rest of the world's problems.
Excellent presentation up to the standard of Mark Felton. In common with him, this is concise, erudite and enhanced by a complete lack of waffle.
If you liked this you should see the movie with TOM Cruise. It's very good.
One of the lessons of history is we should judge an emerging emperor or leader by his past actions and deeds. "By their fruits shall ye know them" Mathew 7:16.
How quickly we forget this!
John Bond riiight I always get from the New Testament that redemption is an impossibility and passing judgement is the greatest good.
John Bond So true. The lack of teaching of the moral and cardinal virtues is sorely lacking today. The natural virtues are prudence, justness, courage-fortitude, and temperance.They are acquired by habit.The cardinal, supernatural virtues are faith, hope, and charity-love, infused by Divine Grace.These are my anchors, not organized religion, in this era of national nervous breakdown, of moral and spiritual holocaust.
@@bobbywimsy6741 Hey Bobby. You have highlighed something that I believe in.
There seem to be universal values. Many aspects of morality too are shared by almost all nations I've met. These can be taught.. I've wondered why the Bat people (Botswana) are a World success story while the dishonest and corrupt isiZulu have caused the South African disaster. Why are trustworthy Ghanaians slowly improving while the Nigerians bump along the bottom.
I suppose the German success compared to the Greek and Turkish failure in the EU are similar.
@@corettaha7855 I'm I understanding you correctly that is is impossible to receive redemption so therefore it is better to only judge and nothing more?
I'll probably misspell his name but "Fraum" seems like a good example of the ultimate coward. He claimed to stand for a cause but then immediately threw people under the bus in an attempt to cover his tracks and save his own skin. Not so that he could live to fight another day, but only so he could live because in the end he valued his few remaining years of life as being more important than any cause and far more important than the lives of countless others. He seems to fit the description of the worst cowards.
Perhaps he was a coward. But in the attempt of saving his own skin, he gave Stauffenberg and the others death by firing squad, a far more humane way to go compared to execution by piano wire.
Had he placed the unprimed explosive in with the primed package he would of changed history,God bless his bravery
I was thinking the same thing. The outcome of the war may have been very different.
Or how about if the british, french and americans would have done as Stalin wanted. And attacked Germany first? Before the munich agreement :0
@Iranian Bob despite your vitriol i have to agree. Churchill was never going to sign a peace treaty (the whole Hess saga is proof of that) and Germany was never going to give up the East. Read or listen to David Icke, whether you agree or not he is probably the most well informed on the subject.
@@wozza6691 rearly you use David icke as a source for your information???? To the back of the class face the wall and put your dunce hat back on until you realise your mistake
@@bozobaz30 you are so right sir, incredibly sorry. As soon as I made my mistake I knew it was wrong, cant believe it took this long for somebody intelligent enough to tell me off. By the way, i actually meant David Irving.......not Icke. Eeeek, do I get a pass mark now?
This man tried to stop Hitler's reign of terror he had the guts to do something or try and stop this monster
It's so depressing that the dirt bag monster somehow survived that bomb blast. Possibly millions of lives saved if not for one bleepin table leg. The film on this coup plot is one of the most incredible I've ever seen.
Thank you very much
"You come at the king, you best not miss." - Omar
Omar who?
@@AB3385ab Who tf watches TV in 2019? Deprogram your brain dickcheese.
Exactly why they should have had an army to storm wherever he be at!
@@TheBatman602 oh lawd
Well they came, they missed...
I had read about the valkyrie operation in readers Digest magazine several years ago. The Tom Cruise movie came several years later.
It did not "change history forever" and Germany's military power was not at its height.
Yeah, they were getting pushed back at this point. I guess that was for dramatic effect 😒
I would suggest the viewers to read the book “ 20th of July “ by H. H. Kirst. Accurate account of the events before, on the day 20th of July 1944 and the events that place after 20th of July. Very enlightening.
Can’t believe this wasn’t taught in history class
Re upload?
I hope these men are treated as war heroes too.
germany held memorial for them every 20th july
@@andrewpytko4773 what? At least they tried to do something even if they were officers of a german army.
find this history very interesting
There were over 200 people behind that operation. I wonder why they did not find ways to assassinate secondary commanders , more accessable figures, even their assistants, therefore weaken general operations , throw things into disarray.
I think they were worried about the plot being found out. If you had lots of plots trying to assassinate lots of different officers, if just one or two of them failed and someone got captured, that could risk exposing the whole conspiracy.
Because many of these guys were hoping to negotiate a peace with the West then turn around and fight the Russians.
Remember Stauffenberg like we do with Teddy Roosevelt. Remember him with a dry eye.
I was watching and reading everything I could find about WW2 in Junior High. History was my favorite subject in school.
I love history too. Very much. Sadly it's not cherished as supposed to be
If a spark is capable to ignite a package ,how difficult is to understand that a blast is capable too ,and put both packages together? Anyway he was a very brave officer ,very patriotic ,a model German for the future generations!
If the first fuse had failed he would have had time to place the second bomb. Small chance if both are in the briefcase during a failure.
I don't think Plastic explosives can be triggered by sparks or fire....they need detonators
Just unbelievable that had he had time to prime the second bomb the war could have been ended and millions saved.
I’m wondering why he just didn’t leave the other bomb in the case ? Would it not have exploded also when the other went off ?
I think it was in a separate suitcase because 2 bombs probably couldnt fit in one
Seeing the Tom Cruz movie, I had to see this 💯💯💯
Hey bby
What is the movie called?
Jontae Williamson Valkyrie
@@zheartsbanton4130 lmao
Suitable to be watching this on the 20th of July
valkerie back in the 40s before all of us were born. we wont even understand the situation. because it never had periodic significance to any of us . we are simply book worms to the subject
Imagine had they got the second one set... damn.
The most amazing part of this documentary is the fact that Dan Snow isn't running his mouth at the beginning of it.....very rare....
"At the very pinnacle of German military might" Seriously, the war was already lost.
The background music in this documentary is too loud and very annoying.
Exactly
and they would have gotten him if it weren't for all those damn commercials
Damn!
No mention of the failure to take control of the communications building?
Way too many adds I lost track of the show. Needs more please.
This documentary is better than the movie.
Movie is for entertainment.
7:28 the narrator is obviously in love 😂
2:26 in july '44, Germany was far from their pinnacle of military might
Indeed . It must have been obvious that the War was lost
- that was already a fact after
Stalingrad.
Spot on 💯
Stauffenberg looked better than most male models do rn.
when someone roars at u I WANT NOTHING BUT PEACE!!!! eh maybe dont trust that guy
LOL. Ehh maybe....but he just seemed so sincere! LOLOL
😁😁😁 true
@Respect/Walk ...THAT'S WHY OBAMA SERVED TWO TERMS AS PRESIDENT IN SPITE OF EVERY ROTTEN THING HE DID(?)
Too bad that they couldn't have got Mussolini too! (a real 2 for 1 deal!)
and that would have been one great celebration for the world.
Mussolini was a spent force already.
@@__jack________________2225 He had only his rump "Repubblica Sociale" state in Milan left.
intro music name?
Extent of the Bravery the likes of which the world has ever seen
Just imagined what had happened if Stauffenberg had prepped both charges with 50 minute fuses before entering the camp.
Interesting point.i guess maybe the fuses or the lead british time pencil were not precise enough to delay so long.
*IN A WORLD FULL OF HITLERS, BE LIKE STAUFFENBERG*
I actually served in the Graf Stauffenberg base in Germany
Wiki say there are no substantial fascist movements today, ergo no Hitlers. But communist states, mass tyrannies ranging in models from Stalin (NorK) to Fidel Castro (Cuba), there are still more than a few. Target them.
@norman bates thats partly right , problem is Russia wanted a war with Germany , Russia should of kept out of the war
super
What...Germany is the one that attacked Russia.
A patriot must protect his country from goverment...
A patriot does what is in the best interests of the whole country and it's citizens. Not storm the government offices at the beckoning of a stubborn fool, believing lies of election fraud even thoughthe neutral overseers of the election said otherwise and witnesses gave insubstantial evidence. Irony is they were going to depose all the congressmen present, and force the Republicans to obey their word, when the Republican congressmen themselves were about to protest the election in the chamber. And they targeted the police officers they hailed as heroes just months earlier
Always!!
@@str2010 That was never their plan.
I was wondering about something. Why didn't they put the second bomb in the briefcase? I know it wasn't armed, but shouldn't have the explosion detonate that bomb as well? Maybe even as a secondary explosion? Why didn't they use it anyway?
panic
@@kimmoreels7950 Yep. Fair enough 🤷🏻♂️
No one knows and no one will ever know it because everyone who knew it died on the 21.July 1944.
@@MrCiey Yup. I guess it'll remain a mystery 😕🙄
I'm not buying all this...6 minutes into it...I'm now exiting....
If it wasn't for that table leg.
I only have a little bit of German but I just think it's fun to pronounce Claus Graf von Stauffenberg's name as a German person would.
One piece of furniture can f*** up everything
The meeting was meant to be in the bunker with no widows the first bomb would hqve killed everybody instantly it was switched at thw last minute and thats was doomed the plan. If it wasnt for that the plan would have worked.
Beschaeftigend.
This narrator sounds just like style or person of the narrator of the RUssian ww2 documentary made by russian government on youtube thats realllllly good whats it called.... u all know it lol
This is a great style of documentary it reminds me of.... unsolved mysteries... so cozy
Stauffenberg had big balls.
The first question his wife asked,
“Which two fingers did he lose?”
Wife: Sigh, thumb it is then....
herderrrr
@@MrSteveo114 lol
😳😂🤣
maybe he would use the other hand
One brave man never forgotten
He definitely had courage but that does not negate the fact that he committed an act of treason.
I have already watched this
24:34 weird handshake
37:33 Actully, it would be "with his own eye"
Keitel is wearing that knights Cross hanging kinda sloppy and those guys need haircuts... 🙄
Ttt
It's tom not Tim Steve o .happy holidays to all😉
you 2
(30:12) I just hope the German Shepherd lived a happy life
19:30 Turkish song ❤❤👍
Hasret Ģültekin
How can they have such a small bomb to destroy worlds deadliest man?
It was more than big enough, if detonated in the concrete bunker.
Always remember col staffenburg hero of the German army during ww2
Ok I about died when he was talking about his cheekbones, jaw and dreamy eyes
All the documentaries I’ve watched about him mentioned his facial structure in detail.
Grrr subtitles so much for being able just to listen to when driving
-My dad (and many other men) may not have had to fight in WWII had this been successful.