Inside the Wolf’s Lair: The Hidden Fortress Where Hitler Doomed the Third Reich
History Hit | 04.06.2026 00:42
On 24 June 1941, a heavily guarded train slipped secretly into the dense, swampy forests of East Prussia. Two days prior, Adolf Hitler had unleashed Operation Barbarossa – a massive assault involving over three million Axis troops, launching the largest and bloodiest land invasion in human history. To direct this war of annihilation against the Soviet Union, the dictator required a command centre near the front lines. He named it the Wolfsschanze: the Wolf’s Lair.
