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The Führer Directives were instructions and strategic plans issued by Adolf Hitler himself. They covered a wide range of subjects from detailed direction of military units in World War II to the governance of occupied territories and their populations. Under the Nazi system, they were binding, to be followed to the letter and superseded any other law.
They should not be confused with the Führer Orders, issued late in the war, which were more precise and low-level and could be written or oral. They were as binding as the more general directives.
The Directives
Directive No | Date issued | Subject | |
1 | August 31, 1939 | Plan of Attack on Poland | |
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 | |
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 "Undertaking Yellow" | |
10a | March, 1940 | Case "Weser Exercise" against Denmark and Norway | |
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 | ||
17 | August 1, 1940 | Battle of Britain | |
18 | November 12, 1940 | Seizure of Gibraltar | |
19 | December 10, 1940 | German occupation of Vichy France | |
20 | December 13, 1940 | German invasion of Greece | |
21 | December 18, 1940 | Invasion of the Soviet Union | |
22 | January 11, 1941 | German Support for Battles in the Mediterranean Area | |
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 | |
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 | |
29 | May 17, 1941 | Proposed Military Government of Greece | |
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 | |
32 | July 11, 1941 | Plans following defeat of the Soviet Union | |
32 supplement | July 14, 1941 | Use of Resources following defeat of the Soviet Union | |
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 needed to attack Moscow. |
34 | July 30, 1941 | Strengthening Soviet resistance | |
34 supplement | August 12, 1941 | ||
35 | September 6, 1941 | Moscow Offensive | |
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39 | December 8, 1941 | Abandoning the Offensive | |
40 | March 23, 1942 | Competence of Commanders in Coastal Areas | Command Organization of the Coasts Atlantic Wall;[3]text of Directive |
41 | April 5, 1942 | Summer Campaign in the Soviet Union | |
42 | May 29, 1942 | Instructions for operations against unoccupied France and the Iberian Peninsula | Operation Attila replaced by Case Anton; Operation Isabella cancelled; text of Directive |
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 | |
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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 | |
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Hitler's War Directives 1939-1945 [PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hitlers-war-directives-1939-1945-hugh-trevor-roper/1006629115?ean=9781843410140] |