Wilhelm Canaris
Wilhelm Franz Canaris was a German admiral and the chief of the Abwehr from 1935 to 1944. Initially a supporter of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, Canaris turned against Hitler and committed acts of both passive and active resistance during World War II following the German invasion of Poland in 1939.
Background
- Born in
- Aplerbeck
- Educated at
- Naval Academy at MürwikSteinbart-Gymnasium
- Awards
- 🏆 Military Merit Cross III. Class🏆 German Cross in Silver🏆 U-boat War Badge (1918)
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"Badly mishandled. Nose broken at last interrogation. My time is up. Was not a traitor. Did my duty as a German. If you survive, please tell my wife..."
"Please don't worry about me, Captain Patzig. I'm an incurable optimist. And as far as those fellows are concerned, I think I know how to get along with them."
"As the officer before the World War was naturally a monarchist...so it is naturally understandable today...to be a National Socialist...The Wehrmacht has become the tool of the National Socialist will…"
"You know, my dear Lahousen, the students of history will not need to trouble their heads after this war, as they did after the last, to determine who was guilty of starting it. The case is, however, d…"
"I die for my fatherland. I have a clear conscience. I only did my duty to my country when I tried to oppose the criminal folly of Hitler."
"One day the world will hold the Wehrmacht responsible for these methods since these things are taking place under its nose."
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Timeline
1887
Born
Birth1945
Died
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