What is 20 July Plot?
{{Infobox operational plan |name = 20 July plot |image = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1972-025-10, Hitler-Attentat, 20. Juli 1944.jpg |image_size = 300 |caption = [[Martin Bormann]], [[Hermann Göring]], and [[Bruno Loerzer]] surveying the damaged conference room |type = [[Decapitation strike]] |location = [[Wolf's Lair]], [[East Prussia]] |coordinates = {{coord|54.079344|21.493544|display=title|region:PL-WM_type:landmark}} |planned_by = {{ubl|[[Henning von Tresckow]]|[[Erwin von Witzleben]]|[[Claus von Stauffenberg]] |[[List of members of the 20 July plot|''among others…'']]}} |objective = {{bulleted list|Assassinate [[Adolf Hitler]]|Ensure [[continuity of government]]}} |date = {{start date|1944|07|20|df=y}}, 12:42 ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]]) |executed_by = Claus von Stauffenberg |outcome = {{bulleted list|Hitler survives with minor injuries|Military coup fails within 5 hours|7,000 arrested; 4,980 executed}} |casualties = 4 killed, 13 injured}} On 20 July 1944, [[Claus von Stauffenberg]] and other conspirators tried to assassinate [[Adolf Hitler]], the [[Führer]] of [[Nazi Germany]], inside his [[Wolf's Lair]] field headquarters near [[Ketrzyn|Rastenburg]], [[East Prussia]]. The name [[Operation Valkyrie]], originally referring to part of the conspiracy, has become related to the plot. The idea behind the assassination was to seize political control of Germany and its armed forces from the [[Nazi Party]] (including the [[SS]]) and to make peace with the Western [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] as soon as possible. The plot was a plan by several groups in the [[German resistance]] to overthrow the Nazi German government. Stauffenberg planted a bomb close to Hitler since he was presented with him in the conference meeting. The bomb failed to kill Hitler since one of the participants had unwittingly moved the bomb away from Hitler. Also, the table absorbed much of the blast as a result. The failure of the assassination attempt and the intended milit