The Abwehr , word German meaning “defense”, is created in 1925. It is the intelligence service German staff of 1925 to 1944.

After the come to power of Adolf Hitler, the Abwehr regularly was in conflict with the secret services of the Nazi party: the SD and the Gestapo .

Directed by the admiral Wilhelm Canaris as from January 1935, the organization can determine the nature of its role compared to its competitors, even if the competition continues in a less obvious way. Its action in the tracking of the resistant French is particularly effective.

As from 1943, several of its members, including Wilhelm Canaries itself, start to take part in the German resistance. In June 1944, RSHA takes control of it after surveys carried out by the Gestapo , control accentuated after the plot of July against Hitler.

Many officers of the Abwehr , including Wilhelm Canaris will be carried out by the S in 1944.

Chiefs

• 1920 - 1927: Oberstleutnant Friedrich Gempp
• 1927 - 1929: Oberstleutnant Günter Schwantes
• 1930 - medium 1932: Oberstleutnant Ferdinand von Bredow
• medium 1932 - December 31st, 1934: Kapitän zur See Konrad Patzig
• January 1st, 1935 - February 1944: Konteradmiral Wilhelm Canaries

Fictions

The writer daN Simmons is the author of a novel, named the Pirates of Cuba, based on historical facts and characters and reporting the competitions between the SD and Abwehr.

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