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The Oxford Companion to World War II | 2001 | | Â© The Oxford Companion to World War II 2001, originally published by Oxford University Press 2001. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

WOLFSCHANZE (Wolf's Lair), codename for Hitler's HQ situated near Rastenburg in East Prussia. It was used by Hitler and his High Command from June 1941 to November 1944 and was the scene of the attempted assassination of 20 July 1944 (see Schwarze Kapelle).

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