One of the most prominent German intelligence officers is Admiral Canaris.Biography him more than vague.This man is a legend larger than the preservation of the documents that can reliably and fully tell how he lived, how ingeniously operates why he, a scout with a capital letter, ended his life on the gallows.
Getting brilliant way scout Third Reich
Friedrich Wilhelm Canaris, who was born in a small town near Dortmund, in Anlerbeke, in 1887.He enrolled to study at the Naval Cadet Corps, from which he graduated with the rank of lieutenant.It was a modest young officer, endurance athlete.Special abilities he showed to the study of foreign languages, and it is very useful.
At the end of the housing Lieutenant Canaris went to the cruiser "Bremen" in the sea campaign.He had to study the culture, life and customs of the peoples of South Africa.Then the ship "Dresden" - along the Balkan Peninsula.The objective of Canaris was to collect information on the construction of the railway.In fact, it was the first experience of a scout.The future Admiral Canaris was able to accurately discern necessary to establish contacts with local authorities, recruiting informants.But after another skirmish with the British ship was sunk and its crew was captured.
Back home Canaris was able to return only with a false Chilean passport, on which his name is now Ros-Rosas.But in 1916 he came back to Spain to carry out the recruitment of spies, to organize sabotage, blowing up enemy ships.
Antebellum Service Canaris
In 1918 Canaris was involved in the suppression of the Communist uprising in Berlin, organized the murder of Luxemburg and Liebknecht.
Since 1919, the Office of the Navy became an assistant to the head of the Admiralty.
In 1924 Canaris was promoted to captain of the third rank.He was sent to Japan to resolve the conflict that arose during the construction of submarines for Japan.
In 1930 he was appointed Chief of Staff of the North Sea base.In 1931, promoted to captain of the first rank.
Canaris supports the policy of Hitler.In 1935 he was appointed chief of counterintelligence.
In 1938, promoted to rear admiral.He noted the cruelty of Hitler's regime, but international organized provocations and sabotage in Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland.
Family Wilhelm Canaris
In 1918 Canaris was sent to the south of Germany, which at that time was relatively quiet.Being a typical bourgeois, he believed that a strong family - the foundation of a healthy society.Canaris was the wife of Eric Vahag.She is well versed in the art of playing the violin, I had higher education.Eric had two beautiful daughters.
Shortly before his arrest Canaris sent the family abroad, than certainly saved them from punishment.
Canaris activities during the Second World War
Friedrich supported Hitler's anti-Soviet policy.Office Admiral Canaris convinced that at the beginning of 1941, Germany was preparing an attack on Britain, not the USSR.
In 1944 Canaris was removed from service.The reason was that they had been unfortunate "Hawthorn", "Tiger" and "Shamil".During the war, intelligence, Admiral Canaris, on the one hand, continued to produce very important information, but, as noted by some researchers, it is the "failures" of the intelligence began to cause serious lesions of the German army.It is believed that Admiral Canaris helped Jews, transporting them to other countries.
arrest and execution of Admiral Canaris
Sunday, July 23, 1944.Residence Admiral Canaris.Before it stops the machine from which after a while leaves Schellenberg.He should arrest the intelligence chief.
Admiral quietly takes Schellenberg: he knows the purpose of the visit Sunday, knows that he will be offered to shoot himself.Canaris refused to put a bullet and follow Schellenberg in an underground prison of the Gestapo.
Canaris, like many German officers, charged with preparing and carrying out the assassination attempt on Hitler, which took place on 20 June.Admiral long held in the RSHA, but then moved to the concentration camp Flossenburg, where, as we know, no one has returned.There Canaris still subjected to endless interrogations that were conducted in the presence of the head of the SD Kaltenbrunner.Canaris soon sentenced to death, although no direct evidence of his guilt was not found.
Admiral Canaris was hanged on April 8, 1945.His body was burned.
controversial personality Admiral
among the former leaders of Germany Canaris - the most controversial figure.It was said in different ways: some have argued that he is a patriot of his homeland, who wanted to liberate their country and the world from Hitler's monstrous policy;others believed that he cowardly fatalist;others called him cunning functionary, who was waiting in the wings.
At the Nuremberg trials of Canaris spoke also contradictory.According to the testimony of Karl Doenitz, Canaris had never participated in any resistance to the regime, he was a coward and a political schemer, the usual opportunist who wanted to end just go into the shadows.
In that Nuremberg has sounded and a different perspective on the role of Admiral Canaris.It was claimed that he and those close to him, some people sabotaged the orders of Hitler, which led to a crushing defeat on all fronts.
himself Canaris wrote in his diaries that his whole life he carried out the duty officer, his conscience before Germany and its people, clean, and wine only in one: too hoped for a miracle, and overestimated the Nazis, insight, unfortunately, arrived too late.
image of the head of the Abwehr in the literature
Canaris - an outstanding personality.So under no unequivocal opinion that this was a man.Who is he: German patriot, one of the leaders of the Nazi machine, a conspirator or a random victim?One thing is certain, Canaris - brilliant intelligence, personality, has left its mark in history.
On it is written a lot of books.In one of his last books created not filed YA ("Special Forces Admiral Canaris") detail and vividly represents units of the German intelligence service.Presents interesting facts classified documents.
about the life and work of the chief of the Abwehr you read in the book of Karl Heinz Abhagena "Admiral Canaris."The writer helps the reader to learn about the operations that are carried out counterintelligence.Modern scholars and writers dedicate their works to him.
So Volkov and Slavin are biographies and memoirs in the book "Admiral Canaris -zhelezny Admiral" (1999).
B. Sushinskiy says in the work "The Death of Admiral Canaris" how German intelligence officer was killed, the last days of his life.A subversive formation of the Third Reich tells Yuri been filed ("Special Forces Admiral Canaris").
At the heart of these works are original documents, by which we can learn a little about the personality of Friedrich Wilhelm Canaris.
