The road to Wolf's Lair, Hitler's headquarter in WWII

Hidden deep in a Polish forest, in the Masuria region, Wolf's Lair was Adolf Hitler's first Eastern Front military headquarters in World War II.

Wolf's Lair

What is Wolf's Lair?

Built in 1941, the headquarters was located near the town of Rastenburg in East Prussia (now the town of Kętrzyn in Poland). The top-secret site was in the Masurian woods. The Nazi dictator spent 850 days at the complex in 1941-1944, before withdrawing to his Berlin bunker. On 20 July 1944, Claus von Stauffenberg attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler with a bomb inside the bunker. The attempt, dramatically recreated in the Tom Cruise movie Valkyrie, very nearly succeeded.

How long is the road to Wolf's Lair?

Located in the northeastern part of the country, the road to Adolf Hitler's primary command headquarters on the Eastern Front is fully paved. Starting from the paved 592 Road, the drive is 6 km (3.72 miles) long. In the past, Wolf’s Lair looked like a hidden town with nearly 200 buildings.

 

 

 

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