The Conspirators, 20th July, 1944 (Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century: Politics in Action, No. 1)

160 pp. As Stauffenberg reached the staff car, the explosion went off with an enormous, deafening sound. Stauffenberg knew at once from its sheer magnitude that his mission must have been successful. It was 12.42 by their watches--the historic moment (he was convinced) of Hitler's death.