Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (born 1887)

Wilhelm Canaris

5th Chief of the Abwehr, Anti-Nazi German Naval Officer (1887–1945)

Wilhelm Franz Canaris was a German admiral and the chief of the Abwehr 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…