On July 20, 1944, a briefcase bomb placed by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg exploded inside Hitler’s Wolf’s Lair. Operation ...

After months of debate and controversy, United Artists' "Valkyrie," which stars Tom Cruise as would-be Hitler assassin Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, has been granted permission to shoot at a key ...

Tom Cruise said Tuesday he felt a huge burden of responsibility to history in bringing the story of one of Germany's few anti-Nazi heroes to the screen. In "Valkyrie," Cruise plays Col. Claus Graf ...

Tom Cruise may suit up nicely as an American flying ace or an acrobatic crime buster, but when it comes to portraying Germany’s most beloved anti-Nazi, Germans would prefer a different actor, bitte.

July, 1944. As WWII raged on, a group of conspirators, led by Claus von Stauffenberg, plotted to assassinate Hitler and end his reign of terror. Using rare color ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - Tom Cruise, who fails to assassinate Adolf Hitler in his new movie "Valkyrie," said he grew up really wanting to kill the Nazi leader. In the World War Two thriller based on a true ...

After all the Sturm und Drang that has accompanied the production and release of “Valkyrie,” a Tom Cruise vehicle depicting the most famous of the failed plots to assassinate Hitler, it seems rather ...

Germany’s Underground (207 pp.)—Allen Welsh Dulles—Macmillan ($3). Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg had fought with Rommel in Africa, lost his left arm and two fingers of his right hand there. But ...

Alexander and his twin Berthold were the older brothers of Colonel Claus Count von Stauffenberg, who on July 20, 1944, planted a bomb meant to kill Hitler in the well-known but failed Valkyrie coup ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. AI researcher working with the UN and others to drive social change. Eighty-one years ago today, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg ...