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A german Colonel, war hero of old military Prussian lineage, leads an attempt to assassinate Hitler and overthrow the Third Reich regime by using a contingency plan (named Valkyrie, after a nordic war goddess), devised by Hitler himself to maintain control of the country in case of leadership decapitation. Based on a true story.
A german Colonel, war hero of old military Prussian lineage, leads an attempt to assassinate Hitler and overthrow the Third Reich regime by using a contingency plan (named Valkyrie, after a nordic war goddess), devised by Hitler himself to maintain control of the country in case of leadership decapitation. Based on a true story.


== [[:Category:Curtiss P-40 Warhawk|Curtiss P-40 Warhawk]] ==
== [[:Category:Curtiss P-40 Warhawk|Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk Mk.I]] ==
Registration  N94466, c/n 15404 of Kittyhawk LCC. A genuine Kittyhawk of the RCAF (AK933)during WWII.<br>
Same aircraft seen in [[Pearl Harbor]].


[[File:Valk curtiss p40 01.jpg|thumb|500px|none|The german troops are attacked by two P-40]]
[[File:Valk curtiss p40 01.jpg|thumb|500px|none|The german troops are attacked by two P-40]]

Revision as of 07:21, 19 November 2012

Movie poster

Movie (2008)

Starring:
Tom Cruise (Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg)
Kenneth Branagh (Major-General Henning von Tresckow)
Bill Nighy (General Friedrich Olbricht)
Tom Wilkinson (General Friedrich Fromm)
Carice Van Houten (Nina von Stauffenberg)

A german Colonel, war hero of old military Prussian lineage, leads an attempt to assassinate Hitler and overthrow the Third Reich regime by using a contingency plan (named Valkyrie, after a nordic war goddess), devised by Hitler himself to maintain control of the country in case of leadership decapitation. Based on a true story.

Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk Mk.I

Registration N94466, c/n 15404 of Kittyhawk LCC. A genuine Kittyhawk of the RCAF (AK933)during WWII.
Same aircraft seen in Pearl Harbor.

The german troops are attacked by two P-40
The P-40s strafe the ground troops
One P-40 returns for more
Only the right wing machine gun is firing

Junkers Ju-52/3m

Hitler and his suite arrive to Smolensk in two Junkers Ju-52, escorted by two Messerschmitt Bf 109 and two other unindentifiable aircrafts far behind
The two Junkers Ju-52 about to land
The foremost Ju-52 with its flaps down, in final approach, preceded by the two Bf 109s
Landing with the two BF 109s now behind it (or are these the two unindentified aircrafts that were far behind ?), and the second Junker Ju-52 in final approach
On the ground
The two Junkers Ju-52 maneuver on the ground
The Junkers Ju-52 of Hitler taxies in front of the reception committee
The two Junkers Ju-52 on the ground
The Junkers Ju-52 with the identification D-2600 that was really used by Hitler's plane
Hitler and his party disembark from the plane
von Stauffenberg boards a Junkers Ju-52 en route to Rastenburg to attend Hitler's meeting (in fact, he used a Heinkel He 111[1])
The radial central motor of the Junkers
Left wing view
After landing in "Rastenburg" (in fact, at the same airfield used for "Smolensk", ie Löpten)
Boarding the Junkers back to Berlin after the attempt on Hitler' life
Taking off
The beautiful Junkers Ju-52 in flight
Arriving at Berlin-Tempelhof. This airport located minutes from Berlin city center was operational till october 2008, and has since been converted into a huge recreation park

Messerschmitt Bf 109

A Messerschmitt Bf 109 flying in front of Hitler's plane
The two Messerschmitt Bf 109 flying over the airfield
The two Messerschmitt Bf 109 flying over the airfield
A Messerschmitt Bf 109 in a hangar at Berlin-Tempelhof, with a Junker Ju-52 in the background

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