Wolf's Lair

Wolf's Lair
Wolf's Lair
	Wolfsschanze
	Part of Führerhauptquartiere
	Gierłoż Forest, Kętrzyn County, present-day Poland
	Adolf Hitler's Bunker in Wolfsschanze.JPG; Hitler's reinforced bunker at the Wolfsschanze
Type	Blast-resistant camouflaged concrete bunkers
Coordinates	54°04′49″N 21°29′39″E / 54.0804°N 21.4941°ECoordinates: 54°04′49″N 21°29′39″E / 54.0804°N 21.4941°E
Built	1941; (completed on 21 June 1941)
Built by	Hochtief AG; Organisation Todt
Construction; materials	== Wolf's Lair Media == A map showing areas of the former East Prussia, and specifically the Wolf's Lair. Modern borders shown in one frame; contemporary borders shown in other. Cities' modern Russian or Polish names, or old German names, shown, depending on frame. This map's source is here, with the uploader's modifications, and the GMT homepage says that the tools are released under the GNU General Public License. ; Hitler meeting Reich Commissioner Robert Ley, automotive engineer Ferdinand Porsche, and Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring at the Wolfsschanze in 1942 ; Claus von Stauffenberg (left) meeting Adolf Hitler at the Wolfsschanze five days before the 20 July plot in 1944 ; Hermann Göring surveys the conference room destroyed by the suitcase bomb left by Claus von Stauffenberg on 20 July 1944 ; Enormous amounts of explosives were used by the retreating Germans to blow up the Wolfsschanze bunkers. Here the explosion has lifted a bunker's roof, made of solid ferro-concrete two meters thick. ; 2 m (6 ft 7 in) steel-reinforced concrete
In use	3½ years
Current; condition	Mostly destroyed (in ruins)
Current; owner	Polish Government
Open to; the public	Yes
Controlled by	Wilcze Gniazdo
Garrison	Reichssicherheitsdienst; Führerbegleitbrigade
Occupants	Adolf Hitler; Nazi Germany; Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
Events	20 July Plot

Wolf's Lair (German: Wolfsschanze; Polish: Wilczy Szaniec) was Adolf Hitler's first Eastern Front military headquarters in World War II. The complex became one of several Führer Headquarters in parts of Eastern Europe. Organisation Todt built it for the start of Operation Barbarossa – the invasion of the Soviet Union – in 1941. It is also the site of the 20 July Plot in 1944.

Wolf's Lair
Wolfsschanze
Part of Führerhauptquartiere
Gierłoż Forest, Kętrzyn County, present-day Poland
Adolf Hitler's Bunker in Wolfsschanze.JPG Hitler's reinforced bunker at the Wolfsschanze
Type	Blast-resistant camouflaged concrete bunkers
Coordinates	54°04′49″N 21°29′39″E / 54.0804°N 21.4941°E / 54.0804; 21.4941Coordinates: 54°04′49″N 21°29′39″E / 54.0804°N 21.4941°E / 54.0804; 21.4941
Built	1941 (1941) (completed on 21 June 1941)
Built by	Hochtief AG Organisation Todt
Construction materials	== Wolf's Lair Media == A map showing areas of the former East Prussia, and specifically the Wolf's Lair. Modern borders shown in one frame; contemporary borders shown in other. Cities' modern Russian or Polish names, or old German names, shown, depending on frame. This map's source is here, with the uploader's modifications, and the GMT homepage says that the tools are released under the GNU General Public License. Hitler meeting Reich Commissioner Robert Ley, automotive engineer Ferdinand Porsche, and Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring at the Wolfsschanze in 1942 Claus von Stauffenberg (left) meeting Adolf Hitler at the Wolfsschanze five days before the 20 July plot in 1944 Hermann Göring surveys the conference room destroyed by the suitcase bomb left by Claus von Stauffenberg on 20 July 1944 Enormous amounts of explosives were used by the retreating Germans to blow up the Wolfsschanze bunkers. Here the explosion has lifted a bunker's roof, made of solid ferro-concrete two meters thick. 2 m (6 ft 7 in) steel-reinforced concrete
In use	3½ years
Current condition	Mostly destroyed (in ruins)
Current owner	Polish Government
Open to the public	Yes
Controlled by	Wilcze Gniazdo
Garrison	Reichssicherheitsdienst Führerbegleitbrigade
Occupants	Adolf Hitler Nazi Germany Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
Events	20 July Plot