What is Wolf's Lair?
{{nosources|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox military structure | name = Wolf's Lair | native_name = {{lang|de|Wolfsschanze}} |partof = ''[[Führer Headquarters|Führerhauptquartiere]]'' |location = [[Gierłoż, Kętrzyn County|Gierłoż Forest]], [[Kętrzyn County]], present-day [[Poland]] |image = Adolf Hitler's Bunker in Wolfsschanze.JPG |image_size = 275px |caption = Hitler's reinforced bunker at the ''Wolfsschanze'' | coordinates = {{coord|54.0804|21.4941|scale:10000|display=inline,title}} | gridref = |type = Blast-resistant camouflaged concrete bunkers |code = |built = {{Start date|1941}}<br />(completed on 21 June 1941) |used= 3½ years |builder = [[Hochtief|Hochtief AG]]<br/> [[Organisation Todt]] |materials = {{convert|2|m|abbr=on}} steel-reinforced concrete |height = |fate = Partially demolished by retreating German forces 24–25 January 1945 |condition = Mostly destroyed (in ruins) |ownership = [[Polish Government]] |open_to_public = Yes |controlledby = ''Wilcze Gniazdo'' |garrison = ''Reichssicherheitsdienst''<br>''Führerbegleitbrigade'' |past_commanders = ''[[SS]]-[[Gruppenführer]]'' [[Johann Rattenhuber]] |occupants = [[Adolf Hitler]]<br>[[Nazi Germany]]<br>''[[Oberkommando der Wehrmacht]]'' |battles = |events = [[20 July Plot]] }} '''Wolf's Lair''' (German: ''Wolfsschanze''; Polish: ''Wilczy Szaniec'') was [[Adolf Hitler]]'s first [[Eastern Front (World War II)|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|Operation ''Barbarossa'']] – the invasion of the [[Soviet Union]] – in 1941. It is also the site of the [[20 July Plot]] in 1944. [[Category:Military of Germany]] [[Category:World War II]]