List of Adolf Hitler's directives
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The following is a list of the Führer directives and Führer Orders issued by Adolf Hitler over the course of World War II:
The directives
[edit]Directive No | Date issued | Subject | Notes | Full text |
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1 | September 1, 1939 | Plan of Attack on Poland | Invasion of Poland | [1] |
2 | September 3, 1939 | Hostilities in the West | ||
3 | September 9, 1939 | Transfer of Forces from Poland to the West | ||
4 | September 25, 1939 | Finishing the War in Poland | ||
5 | September 30, 1939 | Partition of Poland, removing restrictions on naval warfare. | ||
6 | October 9, 1939 | Plans for Offensive in the West | ||
7 | October 18, 1939 | Preparations for Attack in the West | ||
8 | November 20, 1939 | Further Preparations for Attack in the West | ||
9 | November 29, 1939 | Instructions for Warfare against the Economy of the Enemy | ||
10 | January 19-February 18, 1940 | Concentration of Forces for "Case Yellow" (Fall Gelb) | Manstein Plan | |
10a | March 1940 | Case "Weser Exercise" against Denmark and Norway | Operation Weserübung | |
11 | May 14, 1940 | The Offensive in the West | ||
12 | May 18, 1940 | Prosecution of the Attack in the West | ||
13 | May 24, 1940 | Next Object in the West | ||
14 | June 8, 1940 | Continuation of the Offensive in France | ||
15 | June 14, 1940 | Advance on the Loire | ||
16 | July 16, 1940 | Preparations for Operation Sea Lion | Specifies a broad front landing on south coast of England from Ramsgate to Isle of Wight. | [2] |
17 | August 1, 1940 | Battle of Britain | [3] | |
18 | November 12, 1940 | Seizure of Gibraltar | Operation Felix | Full text |
19 | December 10, 1940 | German occupation of Vichy France | Operation Attila | Full text |
20 | December 13, 1940 | German invasion of Greece | Operation Marita | [4] |
21 | December 18, 1940 | Invasion of the Soviet Union | Operation Barbarossa | Full text; Alt. Full text |
22 | January 11, 1941 | German Support for Battles in the Mediterranean Area | Operation Sonnenblume | |
23 | February 6, 1941 | Directions for Operations against the English War Economy | ||
24 | March 5, 1941 | Co-operation with Japan | ||
25 | March 27, 1941 | Plan of Attack on Yugoslavia | Operation Strafe[5] | Original text |
26 | April 3, 1941 | Co-operation with our Allies in the Balkans | ||
27 | April 4, 1941 | Plan of Attack on Greece | ||
28 | April 25, 1941 | Invasion of Crete | Operation Mercury | [6] |
29 | May 17, 1941 | Proposed Military Government of Greece | [7] | |
30 | May 23, 1941 | Support of anti-British forces in Iraq | (see Führer Directive No. 30) | |
31 | June 9, 1941 | German Military Organisation in the Balkans | Battle of Crete | |
32 | June 11, 1941 | Plans following defeat of the Soviet Union | Operation Orient | Full text |
32a | July 14, 1941 | Use of resources following defeat of the Soviet Union | Full text | |
33 | July 19, 1941 | Continuation of the War in the East | Two Panzer Groups were removed from Army Group Centre, depriving it of the armour which it would otherwise have used to attack Moscow.[8] | |
33a | July 23, 1941 | Supplement to 33 | ||
34 | July 30, 1941 | Strengthening Soviet resistance | ||
34a | August 12, 1941 | Supplement to 34 | ||
35 | September 6, 1941 | Closing the encirclement of Leningrad, destruction of the Southwestern Front | Battle of Moscow, Siege of Leningrad | |
36 | September 22, 1941 | Instructions for Winter operations in the Arctic | Instructions to the Army High Command, Norway, the navy and the air force for winter operations in and around northern Norway, Finland, and the Soviet Arctic regions. | |
37 | October 10, 1941 | Reorganizing forces in the Arctic | ||
38 | December 2, 1941 | Transfer of air units to the Mediterranean | ||
39 | December 8, 1941 | Abandoning the Offensive | ||
40 | March 23, 1942 | Competence of Commanders in Coastal Areas | Command Organization of the Coasts Atlantic Wall;[9] | [10] |
41 | April 5, 1942 | Summer Campaign in the Soviet Union | Operation Blue | [11] |
42 | May 29, 1942 | Instructions for operations against unoccupied France and the Iberian Peninsula | Operation Attila replaced by Case Anton; Operation Isabella cancelled; | [12] |
43 | July 11, 1942 | Continuation of Operations from the Crimea | ||
44 | July 21, 1942 | Operations in Northern Finland | ||
45 | July 23, 1942 | Continuation of Operation Brunswick | ||
46 | August 18, 1942 | Instructions for Intensified Action Against Banditry in the East | ||
47 | December 28, 1942 | Outlines the Chain of command for the South Eastern Mediterranean, and defensive strategies for a possible Allied attack on the Balkans and surrounding islands. | ||
48 | July 26, 1943 | Command and defence measures in the southeast | ||
49 | July, 1943 | Believed to be a contingency plan to seize Italian positions in the event of their withdrawal from the war. | Did not survive? | |
50 | September 28, 1943 | Concerning the preparations for the withdrawal of 20th Mountain Army to Northern Finland and Northern Norway | ||
51 | November 3, 1943 | Preparations for a two-front war | [13] | |
52 | January 28, 1944 | Battle of Rome | Battle of Monte Cassino | |
53 | March 8, 1944 | Establishment of fortified areas and strong points | ||
54 | April 2, 1944 | Measures to halt the Soviet advance in the East | ||
55 | May 16, 1944 | Utilization of long range bombardment against England | ||
56 | July 12, 1944 | Orders for the protection of shipping | ||
57 | July 13, 1944 | Protocols for how authorities should operate in the event of an invasion of the Reich | ||
58 | July 19, 1944 | Preparations for the defense of the Reich | ||
59 | July 23, 1944 | Reorganization of Army Group North's command structure | ||
60 | July 26, 1944 | Defensive measures for the Italian Alps | ||
61 | August 24, 1944 | Establishment of defensive positions in the West | ||
62 | August 29, 1944 | Establishment of defenses along the German northern coastal regions | ||
63 | September 1, 1944 | Order for the West Wall to be on the defensive | ||
64 | September 3, 1944 | Orders for Commander-in-Chief West | ||
64a | September 7, 1944 | Conferring powers to Commander-in-Chief West | ||
64b | September 9, 1944 | Supplement to 64a | ||
65 | September 12, 1944 | Defensive measures for the South-East | ||
66 | September 19–22, 1944 | Second decree on command authority within the Reich in the event of invasion | ||
67 | November 28, 1944 | Exercise of command for isolated units | ||
68 | January 21, 1945 | Reestablishing the command supremacy of the Fuhrer | ||
69 | January 28, 1945 | Employment of the Volkssturm | ||
70 | February 5, 1945 | Evacuation of refugees from the East to Denmark | ||
71 | March 20, 1945 | Orders for a scorched earth campaign within the Reich | "Decree Concerning Demolitions in the Reich Territory" also known as Nero Decree | |
72 | April 7, 1945 | Reorganization of command in the West | ||
73 | April 15, 1945 | Organization of command in the event Northern and Southern Germany are separated | ||
74 | April 15, 1945 | Order of the day to soldiers on the Eastern Front | [14] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Directive No. 1 for the Conduct of the War". Alternate Wars. 31 August 1939. Archived from the original on Apr 26, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Directive No. 16 On preparations for a landing operation against England". Alternate Wars. 16 July 1940. Archived from the original on Apr 26, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Directive No. 17 For the conduct of air and sea warfare against England". Alternate Wars. 1 August 1940. Archived from the original on Apr 26, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Führer Directive x". Alternate Wars.
- ^ Crete 1941: Germany’s lightning airborne assault, Peter Antill p.12
- ^ "Directive No. 28: 'Undertaking Mercury [Merkur]'". Alternate Wars. 25 April 1941. Archived from the original on Apr 26, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Führer Directive x". Alternate Wars.
- ^ Peter Antill; Peter Dennis (2007). Stalingrad 1942. Osprey Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-84603-028-4.
- ^ Zaloga, Steven J. (2007). The Atlantic Wall. Osprey Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 9781846031298.
- ^ "Führer-Directive 40". Alternate Wars.
- ^ "Führer Directive 41". WW2DB.
- ^ "Führer Directive 42". Alternate Wars.
- ^ "Führer-Directive 51".
- ^ Full text
- "Adolf Hitler and World War II: Operational Orders". 3 August 2009. Retrieved 2 Nov 2009.