5th Chief of the Abwehr, Anti-Nazi German Naval Officer (1887-1945)
Wilhelm Canaris
Canaris in 1940
5th Chief of the Abwehr
In office 1 January 1935 – 12 February 1944
Deputy
Hans Oster
Preceded by
Conrad Patzig [de]
Succeeded by
Georg Hansen
Personal details
Born
Wilhelm Franz Canaris
(1887-01-01)1 January 1887 Aplerbeck, Landkreis Dortmund, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died
9 April 1945(1945-04-09) (aged 58) Flossenbürg concentration camp, Flossenbürg, Nazi Germany 49°44′06″N12°21′21″E / 49.734958°N 12.35577°E / 49.734958; 12.35577 (Execution Site of 20 July 1944 Plot (Nazi Germany Resistance))
Cause of death
Execution by hanging
Military service
Allegiance
German Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
Branch/service
Imperial German Navy
Reichsmarine
Kriegsmarine
Years of service
1905–1944
Rank
Admiral
Commands
U-38
UC-27
U-47
U-34
UB-128
Schlesien
Swinemünde Fortress
Abwehr
Battles/wars
World War I
Battle of Coronel
Battle of the Falkland Islands
Battle of Más a Tierra
World War II
Awards
Iron Cross (First Class) U-boat War Badge
Wilhelm Franz Canaris (1 January 1887 – 9 April 1945) was a German admiral and the chief of the Abwehr (the German military-intelligence service) from 1935 to 1944. Canaris was initially a supporter of Adolf Hitler, and the Nazi regime. Following the German invasion of Poland in 1939, however, Canaris turned against Hitler and committed acts of both passive and active resistance during the war.
Being the head of Nazi Germany's military-intelligence agency, he was in a key position to participate in resistance. As the war turned against Germany, Canaris and other military officers expanded their clandestine opposition to the leadership of Nazi Germany. By 1945, his acts of resistance and sabotage against the Nazi regime came to light and Canaris was hanged in Flossenbürg concentration camp for high treason as the Allied forces advanced through Southern Germany.
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