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Wilhelm Canaris
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German admiral, head of military intelligence service (1887–1945)
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Wilhelm Franz Canaris was a German admiral and intelligence officer who served in the German Navy and Imperial German Navy. He participated in both World War I and World War II. Canaris was educated at the Naval Academy at Mürwik and spoke English, Spanish, Italian, and French. He held the rank of admiral and served as commander of the Abwehr, SMS Schlesien, SM U-34, and Świnoujście.
Canaris was a resistance fighter who participated in the 20 July plot against Nazi Germany, to which he held allegiance. He was a Lutheran and was born in Aplerbeck. His relative was Constantin Canaris. Canaris died on April 9, 1945, at Flossenbürg concentration camp. His manner of death was capital punishment, specifically hanging to death.
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Person · Open Library
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Top works
- Die Feststellung von Lücken im Gesetz
- Kontinuität im Wandel der Rechtsordnung
- Pensamento sistemático e conceito de sistema na ciência do direito
- Hgb
- §§ 343-372
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Listeners · Last.fm
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,438x
- Many-body physics with ultracold gases
· 2008 · cited 7,101x
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,794x
- Emerging applications of stimuli-responsive polymer materials
· 2010 · cited 5,442x
- Analysis of nanoparticle delivery to tumours
· 2016 · cited 4,600x
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Quotes
- “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.”
- “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.”
- “You can talk to the man. He is reasonable, and sees your point of view, if you point it out properly.”
- “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 for development.”
- “General Franco made it clear that Spain could enter the war only when England was about ready to collapse.”
- “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, different when we consider guilt for prolonging the war. I believe that the other side have now disarmed us of the last weapon with which we could have ended it. 'Unconditional surrender', no, our generals will not swallow that. Now I cannot see any solution.”
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Encyclopedic overview
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. 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.
Being the head of Nazi Germany's military-intelligence agency, he was in a key position to participate in resistance and sabotage the Nazi war effort. 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 the Flossenbürg concentration camp for high treason as the Allied forces advanced through Southern Germany.
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