Wilhelm Canaris - The man who was responsible for the rise and fall of Hitler (Part-1)
The story of Wilhelm Canaris goes to prove that life can change its courses in very many surprising ways. Wilhelm Franz Canaris started life as an ordinary rating I the navy and was made an Admiral by Hitler in the year 1939. The reason for this was the role that he played by his espionage activities, which laid the foundation of Hitler’s rise to power. And only after six years of that, it was Hitler who ordered him to be put to death cruelly in the year 1945. This was because he had played a different role which put the last nail in Hitler’s coffin and as a result changed the course of history.
On the 8th of April, 1945 at 5 a.m. a prisoner was brought to the Nazi Concentration Camp of Flossenberg in Germany. There was not a strip of clothing on his body which was covered with black and blue marks, evidence of cruel and horrible punishment inflicted on him. After a short while the Gestapo put him on the way to a slow and very painful death by butchering him with a thin piano wire wound around his neck. The horrified people watching this gruesome scene, were those who, only a few days before, had been saluting the prisoner every day. This prisoner was none other than the Nazi Chief of espionage-Wilhelm Canaris.
About six years ago on the 1st of September 1939, Hitler had made this ordinary rating, an Admiral. Wilhelm Canaris was the most trustworthy spy of his beloved Fuhrer. He was in charge of the Nazi spy network. Although he had been an ardent supporter of the Nazi movement, he had started to dislike it now because of the terrible tortures inflicted upon the people during the last few years. This resulted in his growing aloof from Hitler and ultimately acting as a double agent for the allied countries. He was punished for playing this double game.
Wilhelm Canaris began his spying-career in the year 1914 with out-break of the First World War. He started his career as an able official of the German Navy. Once his battleship had been completely surrounded by the enemy, but he managed to escape with the help of a German spy under the grab of a Red Cross Officer. He reached America posing as a Polish Jew and started working as a German spy. His next assignment was Spain, trying to wreck the Spanish Navy. He declared himself to be a Chilean merchant and succeeded in traveling aboard a British ship. While in Spain, he organized a rebellion of American tribes against the French, by paying money to them. The Government records of America, Canada, Britain and the Allied countries are full of such accounts of the activities of Wilhelm Canaris.
The fall of Kaiser in Germany had its effect on Wilhelm Canaris. Somehow he managed to gain entrance to the naval department of the War Office of the Republic of Weimer. He could sit in his room and prepare plans for a Nazi uprising. He made the King of Spain agree to hoard a large quantity of arms. German submarines were now being made in Spain. This was a spectacular achievement for this master of naval espionage.
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| Wilhelm Franz Canaris |
The story of Wilhelm Canaris goes to prove that life can change its courses in very many surprising ways. Wilhelm Franz Canaris started life as an ordinary rating I the navy and was made an Admiral by Hitler in the year 1939. The reason for this was the role that he played by his espionage activities, which laid the foundation of Hitler’s rise to power. And only after six years of that, it was Hitler who ordered him to be put to death cruelly in the year 1945. This was because he had played a different role which put the last nail in Hitler’s coffin and as a result changed the course of history.
On the 8th of April, 1945 at 5 a.m. a prisoner was brought to the Nazi Concentration Camp of Flossenberg in Germany. There was not a strip of clothing on his body which was covered with black and blue marks, evidence of cruel and horrible punishment inflicted on him. After a short while the Gestapo put him on the way to a slow and very painful death by butchering him with a thin piano wire wound around his neck. The horrified people watching this gruesome scene, were those who, only a few days before, had been saluting the prisoner every day. This prisoner was none other than the Nazi Chief of espionage-Wilhelm Canaris.
About six years ago on the 1st of September 1939, Hitler had made this ordinary rating, an Admiral. Wilhelm Canaris was the most trustworthy spy of his beloved Fuhrer. He was in charge of the Nazi spy network. Although he had been an ardent supporter of the Nazi movement, he had started to dislike it now because of the terrible tortures inflicted upon the people during the last few years. This resulted in his growing aloof from Hitler and ultimately acting as a double agent for the allied countries. He was punished for playing this double game.
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| Wilhelm Franz Canaris |
Wilhelm Canaris began his spying-career in the year 1914 with out-break of the First World War. He started his career as an able official of the German Navy. Once his battleship had been completely surrounded by the enemy, but he managed to escape with the help of a German spy under the grab of a Red Cross Officer. He reached America posing as a Polish Jew and started working as a German spy. His next assignment was Spain, trying to wreck the Spanish Navy. He declared himself to be a Chilean merchant and succeeded in traveling aboard a British ship. While in Spain, he organized a rebellion of American tribes against the French, by paying money to them. The Government records of America, Canada, Britain and the Allied countries are full of such accounts of the activities of Wilhelm Canaris.
The fall of Kaiser in Germany had its effect on Wilhelm Canaris. Somehow he managed to gain entrance to the naval department of the War Office of the Republic of Weimer. He could sit in his room and prepare plans for a Nazi uprising. He made the King of Spain agree to hoard a large quantity of arms. German submarines were now being made in Spain. This was a spectacular achievement for this master of naval espionage.
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