German admiral, head of military intelligence service (1887–1945)
The German admiral who ran Hitler's military intelligence — then quietly worked to undermine him. Canaris spent the war in a position built for loyalty and used it for sabotage, a betrayal that ended at the gallows as Allied troops closed in.
Wilhelm Franz Canaris was born 1 January 1887 and rose to admiral in the German navy, taking command of the Abwehr in 1935 as an early Hitler supporter. The 1939 invasion of Poland flipped him: he turned against the regime and began acts of resistance from inside its own intelligence apparatus. His position gave him rare leverage to sabotage the Nazi war effort while the leadership trusted him with secrets. As Germany's collapse neared, the scope of his betrayal surfaced. On 9 April 1945, with Allied forces pushing through southern Germany, Canaris was hanged for high treason at Flossenbürg co…
Sourced, dated quotes from Wilhelm Canaris
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.
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.
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