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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system, they were binding, to be followed to the letter and superseded any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
|
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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
|
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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
|
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35
|
September
6, 1941
|
Moscow
Offensive
|
|
36
|
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37
|
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38
|
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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
|
|
47
|
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48
|
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49
|
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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
|
|
52
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Hitler's War Directives 1939-1945 [PHOTO
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