Personally, I happen to think Cruise is a raving lunatic. But I don't hold an actor's political or (ahem) "religious" views against them when it comes to their performances.

I did not see the History Channel program on the Valkyrie Plot. However, having read a number of books on the subject, I can state that some of the points you raise above (based on that TV program) are either factually incorrect, incomplete or lacking critical context.

For a big one right off the bat, Stauffenberg and Beck, et al, were not Nazis -- were not, and never were, members of the NSDAP.

If one automatically thinks "Nazi" when seeing someone in WWII Heer uniform, then there is MUCH about the July 20 Plot that simply won't be understood.

"Damn it, it's jammed!"