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On Sun. 26 Dec 1943 Claus von Stauffenberg made an attempt to assassin.....

1943-12-26

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Claus von Stauffenberg made an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler with a bomb, but the mission was aborted when Hitler left early to return to Berchtesgaden in southern Germany to celebrate the holidays.

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