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Wolf's Lair
Wolf's Lair
(German:
Wolfsschanze
; Polish:
Wilczy Szaniec
) was
Adolf Hitler
's first
Eastern Front
military headquarters in
World War II
. The complex, which would become one of several
Führerhauptquartiere
(
Führer Headquarters
) located in various parts of
occupied Europe
, was built for the start of
Operation Barbarossa
– the invasion of the Soviet Union – in 1941. It was constructed by
Organisation Todt
.
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