Wolf's Lair

The Wolf's Lair - Die Wolfsschanze 6

The Wolf's Lair - Die Wolfsschanze 6

Wolf's Lair

The Wolf's Lair (German: Wolfsschanze; Polish: Wilczy Szaniec) served as Adolf Hitler's first Eastern Front military headquarters in World War II. The headquarters was located in the Masurian woods, near the village of Görlitz in Ostpreußen (now Gierłoż), about 8 kilometres (5 miles) east of the small East Prussian town of Rastenburg (now Kętrzyn), in present-day Poland. The central complex and the Führers bunker were surrounded by three security zones guarded by two Schutzstaffel (SS) units: th…

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