Henning von Tresckow

Henning von Tresckow
Tresckow in 1944
Birth name	Hermann Henning Karl Robert von Tresckow
Born	10 January 1901 Magdeburg, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	21 July 1944 (aged 43) Królowy Most, Bezirk Białystok, German-occupied Poland
Allegiance	German Empire (1917–1918)  Weimar Republic (1918-1920, 1926-1933)  Nazi Germany (1933–1943) German resistance (1943–1944)
Service / branch	German Army
Years of service	1917–20, 1926–44
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands	Chief of Staff of the 2nd Army, commander of the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards
Battles / wars	World War I World War II
Spouse(s)	Erika von Falkenhayn ​ ​ (m. 1926)​
Relations	Erich von Falkenhayn (father-in-law)
Other work	Drafted the Valkyrie plan for the 20 July plot

Henning Hermann Karl Robert von Tresckow (German: [ˈhɛ.nɪŋ fɔn ˈtʁeːs.ko] ^ⓘ; 10 January 1901 – 21 July 1944) was a German military officer with the rank of major general in the German Army who helped organize German resistance against Adolf Hitler. He attempted to assassinate Hitler on 13 March 1943 and drafted the Valkyrie plan for a coup against the German government. He was described by the Gestapo as the "prime mover" behind the plot of 20 July 1944 to assassinate Hitler.^[1] He committed suicide at Królowy Most on the Eastern Front upon learning of the plot's failure.