Operation Valkyrie page 9

Operation Valkyrie page 9 by ric Gustafson


At 11:00 am, Stauffenberg met with two general officers. At 11:30, he attended a forty five minute conference with Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel Chief of the General Staff. The conference with Hitler had been moved up to 12:30 pm. Stauffenberg knew that he did not have much time. At 12:15, he excused himself and went to the washroom. There he was joined by Haeften who was carrying a briefcase  with two bombs inside. The bombs had to be detonated by acid eating through a length of wire. Stauffenberg used a modified pair of pliers because he only had three fingers on his left hand. He activated the first bomb but was interrupted in his attempt to activate the second by a knock at the washroom door. It was a sergeant major telling him the meeting was already starting. Haeften slipped the other bomb into his briefcase. He came out into the corridor to encounter Field Marshal Keitel. Keitel accompanied Stauffenberg into the conference room. An officer asked to help Stauffenberg with his briefcase which he declined.
Normally, the conference would of been held in the concrete wall visitor's bunker. Today to Stauffenberg's dismay, the conference was held in the wooden briefing hut. The wooden structure was sixteen by forty feet with three large windows on the north wall.
Stauffenberg now approached the hut.


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