He can no longer serve on the front line. During a British air raid he is injured badly, loosing an eye, his right hand and two fingers on his left hand. Von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) is a disaffected officer who is questioning Hitler's regime and that he was leading Germany to the path of destruction. Valkyrie starts with a prelogue sequence in North Africa. It was also a smaller project for Bryan Singer after doing 3 superhero films and reunite Singer and Christoper McQuarrie for the first time after the Usual Suspects. Valkyrie is a test project for the newly reformed United Artists under Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner. It's surprising that it took so long for a film to be made, nor to be a German film. Von Stauffenberg is the closest figure Germany has to a national hero during World War 2. Claus von Stauffenberg, a man famous for being a German Army Officer who came closest to a assassinating Adolf Hitler.
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