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| | The July Plot to Assassinate Hitler |
 | | He was joined by Wilhelm Canaris,Carl Goerdeler, Julius Leber, Ulrich Hassell, Hans Oster, Peter von Wartenburg, Henning von Tresckow, Friedrich Olbricht, Werner von Haeften, Fabian Schlabrendorft, Ludwig Beck and Erwin von Witzleben. |
 | | After Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering and Heinrich Himmler had been assassinated, it was planned for troops in Berlin to seize key government buildings, telephone and signal centres and radio stations. |
 | | Over the next few months most of the group, including Wilhelm Canaris, Carl Goerdeler, Julius Leber, Ulrich Hassell, Hans Oster, Peter von Wartenburg, Henning von Tresckow, Ludwig Beck, Erwin von Witzleben and Friedrich Fromm, were either executed or committed suicide. |
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