Werner Karl von Haeften (9 October 1908 - 20 July 1944) was an Oberleutnant in the Wehrmacht, who took part in the military-based conspiracy against Hitler known as the July 20 Plot. Werner von Haeften This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in Leap years). ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Oberleutnant is a rank of the German military which dates from the early 19th century. ... The Wehrmacht (literally defence force or means/power of resistance) was the name of the armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. ... Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945, standard German pronunciation in the IPA) was the Führer (leader) of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) and of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. ... The July 20 Plot was a failed coup détat which involved an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. ...

Von Haeften was born in Berlin to Army officer and President of the Reichsarchiv Hans von Haeften. Studied Law in his home town and then worked for a bank in Hamburg until the outbreak of World War II, when he joined the German army. Berlin (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,387,404 inhabitants (as of September 2004); down from 4. ... Law (a loanword from Danish- Norwegian lov), in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate, proscribe or permit specified relationships among people and organizations, provide methods for ensuring the impartial treatment of such people, and provide punishments for those who do not follow... Position of Hamburg in Germany Hamburgs central broadway Jungfernstieg at the Alster lake, between 1900 and 1914 This article is about the city in Germany. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. ... A nations army is its military, or more specifically, all of its land forces. ...

In 1943, having recovered from a severe wound he had suffered on the eastern front, von Haeften became adjutant to Oberstleutnant Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, one of the leading figures in the German military resistance movement. 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Oberstleutnant is the German Army (Bundeswehr) equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel, above Major, and below Oberst. ... Claus von Stauffenberg Count Claus Philip Maria Schenk von Stauffenberg (November 15, 1907 — July 20, 1944) was a German aristocrat and army colonel during World War II. He was one of the leading figures of the July 20 Plot against Adolf Hitler. ... A resistance movement is a group dedicated to fighting an invader in an occupied country. ...

On 20 July 1944 von Haeften accompanied Stauffenberg to the military high command of the Wehrmacht in Rastenburg, East Prussia, where the latter planted a bomb in Hitler's briefing hut. After the detonation, Stauffenberg and von Haeften rushed to Berlin and, not knowing that Hitler had survived the explosion, engaged in a coup d'etat, which would eventually fail. July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Wehrmacht (literally defence force or means/power of resistance) was the name of the armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. ... Kętrzyn is a town in north-eastern Poland with 30,300 inhabitants (1995). ... East Prussia (German: Ostpreu en; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия — Vostochnaya Prussiya) was a province of Kingdom of Prussia, situated on the territory of former Ducal Prussia. ... Berlin (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,387,404 inhabitants (as of September 2004); down from 4. ... Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945, standard German pronunciation in the IPA) was the Führer (leader) of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) and of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. ...

On the same day, Werner von Haeften, along with Stauffenberg and fellow conspirators General Olbricht and Oberst Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, was arrested and condemned to death by General Friedrich Fromm. He was shot by a firing squad in the courtyard of the War Ministry, the Bendler-Block. General is a military rank, in most nations the highest rank, although some nations have the higher rank of Field Marshal. ... Colonel (Ger: Oberst) is a military rank, usually the highest below general grades, and just above Lieutenant Colonel. ... General is a military rank, in most nations the highest rank, although some nations have the higher rank of Field Marshal. ...