Abwehr

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intelligence service military intelligence agency

The Abwehr was Nazi Germany’s military intelligence service responsible for espionage, counterintelligence, and sabotage operations before and during World War II.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Abwehr canonical 4
Abwehr I (espionage) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intelligence service ⓘ
military intelligence agency ⓘ
activeDuringConflict Spanish Civil War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Imperial German intelligence ⓘ
surface form: German military intelligence
conflictWith Reich Main Security Office ⓘ
SS ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
director Wilhelm Canaris ⓘ
directorEndTime 1944 ⓘ
directorStartTime 1935 ⓘ
dissolutionReason loss of Hitler’s confidence ⓘ
power consolidation by SS and RSHA ⓘ
dissolved 1944 ⓘ
employerOf Abwehr agents ⓘ
German military intelligence officers ⓘ
headquartersBuilding Bendlerblock ⓘ
headquartersLocation Berlin ⓘ
Berlin-Mitte locality ⓘ
surface form: Berlin-Mitte
inception 1921 ⓘ
jurisdiction German-occupied Europe ⓘ
foreign countries ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
nativeLabel Abwehr self-link ⓘ
notableCommander Erwin Lahousen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hans Oster NERFINISHED ⓘ
Konrad Patzig NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wilhelm Canaris ⓘ
notableOperationType covert operations ⓘ
special operations behind enemy lines ⓘ
operatedInPeriod before and during World War II ⓘ
opposedBy Gestapo ⓘ
organizedInto Abwehr self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Abwehr I (espionage)

Abwehr II (sabotage and subversion) ⓘ
Abwehr III (counterintelligence) ⓘ
parentOrganization Wehrmacht High Command ⓘ
surface form: German Armed Forces High Command
partOf Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ⓘ
replacedBy Amt VI ⓘ
surface form: Amt VI (SD-Ausland)

Reich Main Security Office ⓘ
responsibleFor counterintelligence ⓘ
espionage ⓘ
foreign intelligence ⓘ
military intelligence ⓘ
sabotage operations ⓘ
serviceBranch Wehrmacht ⓘ
someMembersInvolvedIn 20 July plot ⓘ
someMembersParticipatedIn German resistance to Nazism ⓘ
subordinateTo Wehrmacht ⓘ
usedMethod human intelligence ⓘ
sabotage and subversion ⓘ
signals intelligence ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

OKW → hasPart → Abwehr ⓘ
subject surface form: Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
Oskar Schindler → militaryBranch → Abwehr ⓘ
Operation Fortitude → targeted → Abwehr ⓘ
Abwehr → nativeLabel → Abwehr self-link ⓘ
Abwehr → organizedInto → Abwehr self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abwehr I (espionage)