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Canaris and his cohorts kept this information about the Soviet armaments a secret from the OKW. Meanwhile Canaris reassured Hitler that there were antiquated roads, and only a single track railroad into Moscow, where they shipped raw materials from the Urals. Because of Abwehr’s deceit, Germany’s military leadership completely miscalculated the abilities and equipment of the Red Army. Dr. Barth, an associate of Pemler in Romania, criticized Franz Halder, the chief of the OKH General Staff, who concealed valuable information from Hitler. He described the Red Army as “too primitive” to engage in an offensive campaign, and gathered a group of like-minded conspirators to plan an overthrow of the government. Halder, without divulging the vulnerabilities, persuaded Hitler to invade the Soviet Union. On February 3, 1941, Hitler asked the Foreign Armies East, part of military intelligence, to evaluate the capabilities of the Red Army in the Pripyat marshland, a swampy area in the south-central region of the potential German front. The agency returned the report on February 12. Halder altered the report, deleting the statement indicating that the Soviets could easily transfer troops within the swampy area, causing vulnerabilities to the Germans. 1302 This swampy condition would naturally be a concern to Hitler, given the marshy area that the Germans encountered in 1940 at Dunkirk.
Admiral Canaris revealed Germany’s Operation Barbarossa, scheduled for June 22, 1941, to British Intelligence and Menzies who shared it with Donovan, of the OSS. They maintained regular contact with Canaris, as he might assist them in ousting Hitler, allegedly to end the war. 1303 With a stipulation of “unconditional surrender,” ending the war without getting rid of Hitler would be difficult if not impossible. Menzies may have participated in the assassination of Francois Darlan, who, after France capitulated to Germany in 1940, served in the pro-German Vichy regime. Darlan anticipated that Germany would win the war and decided that France should collaborate with Germany. He distrusted the British, and considered waging a naval war against Britain. Darlan repeatedly offered Hitler military support against Britain but Hitler wanted France to remain neutral while he attacked Russia in 1941.
After Germany invaded the Soviet Union, the OKH, the site of Hitler’s headquarters, regularly kept the Soviets updated on the military logistics of the Supreme Command of the Army, a network called Red Orchestra. General Fritz Fellgiebel, the head of Hitler’s Signal services, who would later participate in Operation Valkyrie and in the attempt on Hitler’s life on July 20, 1944, had a special telephone line installed so that he could convey classified information to Switzerland. Hans B. Gisevius, an intelligence officer, lawyer, an opponent of the NS regime, functioned as a liaison in Zürich between Allen Dulles, station chief for the American OSS and the German Resistance forces in Germany. Gisevius forwarded the data to Moscow. Gisevius began gathering evidence of Nazi crimes and would later be a key witness for the prosecution at the Nuremberg Trials in the case against Hermann Göring. He maintained links with Oster and Schacht, a fringe member of the German Resistance as early as 1934, who the NSDAP imprisoned after the attempt on Hitler’s life. After the war, the allies tried and acquitted Schacht at Nuremberg. In 1943, Gisevius met with Dulles and agreed to serve as a liaison with the German opposition, including Ludwig Beck, Canaris, and Carl Goerdeler of Leipzig. 1304
Hitler accepted Halder’s plan of a frontal attack on Moscow, Operation Typhoon, which started on October 1, 1941. However, there was a stockpile of supplies which never arrived where the troops needed them. Erwin Landenberger in Kiev and Karl Hahn in Minsk were in charge of getting the supplies to the troops who expected at least twenty-four supply trains per day. However, only eight to fifteen trains arrived at the front. The most difficult challenge for the troops was the lack of cold weather clothing. The Reich had manufactured sufficient quilted winter uniforms and other equipment for every single division. They had loaded the gear into 255 freight trains for transport to the east. On November 1, Quartermaster Wagner told Hitler the gear was ready to roll eastward. However, Wagner told Halder that the trains would not leave for the east until the end of January, too late for the men who were freezing and fighting in the cold Soviet winter. On December 20, General Heinz Guderian flew to Berlin to alert Hitler of the real situation with the cold weather gear. 1305
A few people associated with the SS Security Service (RSHA) carefully watched Canaris as his loyalties to Germany were rather dubious. However, their scrutiny did not prevent him from working with Menzies and Donovan in their eager efforts to co-ordinate their efforts for a common goal of overthrowing Hitler. This was especially true after the conference at Casablanca and the resulting policy of “unconditional surrender.” 1306 In all likelihood, in late 1942, both Canaris and Menzies “put out feelers” for a possible meeting with the other side. Canaris intimated, through common channels, that he could work through his Spanish connections. Canaris also intimated that a meeting would benefit Britain’s long-term interests. However, British officials were somewhat tentative about encouraging Hitler’s German opponents “for fear of offending Russia.” 1307
In November 1942, Hugh Trevor-Roper directed some experts at M16 to prepare a position paper, Canaris and Himmler, regarding the Canaris issue and the known rivalry that existed between the Abwehr and the SS Secret Service. Kim Philby, a double agent planted in the KGB, verified that there were problems and suggested that they exploit the situation, like creating a wider chasm between the High Command and the SS. Engaging the Americans, by showing them the paper would be beneficial. Philby’s ongoing task was to prevent, for the benefit of the Soviets, an understanding between any of the Allies and the Germans. It was not a Nazi or anti-Nazi issue. Philby had to make certain that any break-up of the Reich was not to precede the Soviet’s invasion into Germany which would not happen until late 1944. In May 1943, Menzies assumed control of Trevor-Roper’s M16 project. Trevor-Roper then unofficially circulated the position paper hoping to ignite an internal war behind the warfare going on in Europe. 1308
In late 1942, Canaris’ men made connections to the OSS through Switzerland. Meanwhile British intelligence abandoned any further interests in the Canaris project and left it to the Americans. In November 1942, Allen Dulles arrived in Berne, Switzerland and set up an office, on Switzerland’s frontier, as a personal representative of FDR. 1309 Dulles’ job was to gather military, economic, political, and scientific intelligence regarding Italy, Austria, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. His official objective was to gather data for the American policy makers regarding Germany’s anti-NS movement. His interpretation of his venture, not necessarily inaccurate, was to support and advance resistance groups opposing the Germans in any country in the vicinity of his influence. Dulles was an independent thinker and given his status as an emissary, he could probably get away with just about any activity that fell under the umbrella of supporting the resistance. Switzerland, a neutral country, was now, with Germany occupying France, surrounded by NS border guards. Dulles’ able assistant was Gero von Schulze-Gaevernitz, a naturalized German-American. 1310
In World War I, George Earle was a U.S. Naval Officer, the American Minister to Austria (1935-1939), and the Governor of Pennsylvania (1940-1942). In 1942, he returned to active duty. Roosevelt appointed him as his personal naval attaché to Istanbul just before the Casablanca Conference, January 14-24, 1943, where FDR and Churchill stated that they intended to impose an “unconditional surrender” policy on Germany. Commander Earle told FDR that it was possible to shorten the war by two years but FDR refused to listen. In the spring of 1943, in Istanbul, Admiral Canaris approached Commander Earle and told him there were many Germans who “greatly disliked” Hitler but loved their country. 1311 On February 12, 1943, FDR, on the radio, elaborated on the tenets of “unconditional surrender.”
Admiral Canaris said that the German generals would reject the “unconditional surrender” policy and asked Earle if FDR would agree and perhaps imply that he would accept an honorable surrender from the German Army. Canaris s
aid that he could make the arrangements for such surrender and also admitted that the real enemy was the Soviets. The German Army, if instructed, could relocate to the Eastern Front to defend the West against the approaching Red Army, which FDR had assisted with his lend-lease equipment. The Soviets intended to become Europe’s supreme power, assisted by their agents operating within the U.S. Government. Commander Earle then spent several hours with the German Ambassador, Franz von Papen, who also opposed Hitler. Earle was convinced that these men were sincere and quickly sent a coded message to FDR in Washington, in the Diplomatic Pouch. 1312
Earle waited thirty days for a response from FDR but he never responded. Thirty days later, per their agreement, Admiral Canaris phoned Earle and was disappointed when Earle told him that there had been no response. Earle soon met Baron Kurt von Lersner, the head of the Orient Society, in Istanbul who asked Earle about his opinion of the Nazis. Lersner asked Earle if the American forces would cooperate in assisting to keep the Soviets out of Central Europe if the anti-NS forces in Germany delivered the German Army to them. If FDR would consent to an “honorable surrender,” Lersner and his group would relinquish Hitler to the Americans. They could also prevent the Soviet Army from seizing Europe. Earle dispatched an urgent coded message to FDR, begging him to consider the offer. 1313
FDR did not respond. Earle again met with von Lersner who proposed the idea of surrounding and sequestering Hitler’s isolated Eastern Military Headquarters. They would then move the German Army to the Eastern Front and then arrange a cease-fire. Earle then sent another urgent message to FDR via the Army-Navy channels to ensure that FDR received the message. Earle believed that Stalin influenced FDR and his key advisors. Earle was astonished that FDR was willing to see “all the German people wiped out, regardless of how many American soldiers’ lives would be sacrificed” in a senseless war. The anti-NS group had hoped for a positive reply from FDR saying that he would accept an honorable surrender. 1314
Canaris arranged for a plane to fly Earle to Germany to obtain more information about the anti-NS’s surrender terms. A very discouraged and frustrated Commander Earle finally received a dismissive reply from Washington stating that Earle should speak with the Field Commander in Europe about any proposals. General Eisenhower had already decided to halt the American troops in favor of relinquishing Berlin to the Soviets, a deliberate decision that affected Western civilization for generations. Bernard Baruch had more influence over Roosevelt and Eisenhower than Commander Earle could ever imagine. Earle returned to the United States and the war proceeded as planned, with the Soviets in the driver’s seat. Earle, like General George Patton, later decided to reveal his views about the Soviets in an attempt to alert the American people about what was happening in Europe. When he approached FDR about his intentions, Roosevelt silenced him by having the navy send him to Samoa, in the South Pacific. 1315
FDR could have saved millions of lives and the German nation if he had not catered to the Marxists and the Jews in his administration. There would have been no Cold War, and no Israeli weaponry build-up. The Palestinians might still inhabit their land as they had for hundreds of years. There would have been less debt, a unified Germany, no Berlin Wall, and a free Central Europe. There would have been no Middle East warfare. General Patton and James Forrestal knew what was going on, as did General Smedley D. Butler much earlier. Harry S. Truman, a Freemason, went along with it. On February 28, 1947, Truman wrote a letter to Commander Earle warning that if he continued to publicly criticize American policies regarding the Soviets, then the government would charge him with treason for interacting with the Germans. 1316
In 1944, Hitler learned, that of the 8,000,000 total Wehrmacht soldiers, his military leaders only sent 260,000 to the front, which helped to explain the reason they were habitually out-numbered. In May 1944, the Soviets unexpectedly penetrated the German’s southern line and forced them to retreat, for lack of adequate weapons and ammunition. The traitors on Germany’s General Staff had failed again to provide adequate supplies at the appropriate military depots. 1317
Reinhard Heydrich, after a thorough investigation, was close to arresting the treasonous saboteurs when British-trained Czech agents attacked him on May 27, 1942 and as a result, he died on June 4. Hitler dismissed Admiral Canaris as head of the Abwehr in February 1944 because he suspected him of collaborating with the enemies. The same people who killed Heydrich attempted to assassinate Hitler on July 20, 1944. Canaris did not play a direct role as he was under house arrest. 1318
Canaris, Menzies, and Donovan met unofficially and secretly at Santander, Spain, in the summer of 1943, allegedly to figure out how to end the war. It is possible that Canaris and Donovan met much earlier. 1319 Most likely, it was to discuss Operation Valkyrie. In November 1943, Helmuth von Moltke went to Turkey in order to channel several messages to Donovan. One message pertained to the Hermann Plan, an operation to support the Allied operations against Germany and their acceptance of unconditional surrender.1320 Conspirators planned Operation Valkyrie, the attempt on Hitler’s life, to occur during the D-Day invasion of Normandy (June 6-August 25, 1944) concurrently with Germany’s military failures during the Red Army’s Operation Bagration (June 19-August 20, 1944). The German military leaders planned for failure at Normandy by their purposeful inefficiency, poor timing, and decisions not to use the best weaponry. They deployed loyal military leaders to other assignments. Obviously, they knew the war objectives of both the West and the Soviets and planned their assassination of Hitler accordingly. Bryan Singer, a Jewish filmmaker, recently made a movie, Valkyrie.1321
Between July 20, 1944 and May 8, 1945, some of the most destructive and tragic circumstances occurred in places like Dresden, Berlin, and Warsaw. The Allied bombing destroyed hundreds of German cities. Warfare led to massive deaths on both sides. The Allied bombing destroyed the transportation and communication networks leading to the deaths of labor camp inmates. Millions of German civilians fled the terror of the Red Army. Would Hitler’s death have shortened the war? Certainly, it is easier to blame Hitler for the destruction following the failed assassination of July 20. 1322 The trouble did not start with the advent of Hitler. The Jews initiated chaos with the Marxist revolutions of 1848; they provoked World War I and declared war on Germany in the spring of 1933. Blaming Hitler, while it serves to transfer the guilt from the Jews, does not restore Germany, nor make up for the millions of dead Germans and the dead citizens of other European countries, including the tens of millions in the Soviet Union who opposed the Communists.
The director of the Central European Section of the British Secret Service had early ties to those traitors, those who opposed Hitler, in the military hierarchy. In 1946, Ribbentrop wrote, “We didn’t know then that London was counting on the conspiratorial group of prominent military men and politicians, and therefore came to hope for an easy victory over Germany. The circle of conspirators in this way played a decisive role in the outbreak of war. They thwarted all of our efforts to reach a peaceful solution… and very likely tipped the scales for the English decision to declare war.” Fabian von Schlabrendorff, a saboteur and staff officer, said, “Preventing Hitler’s success under any circumstances and through whatever means necessary, even at the cost of a crushing defeat of the German realm, was our most urgent task.” In 1955, Franz Halder said, “Almost all German attacks, immediately after being planned by the OKW, became known to the enemy before they even landed on my desk.” The enemies also knew about the intended invasion of Poland. On August 30, 1939, Kleist-Schmenzin conveyed the details of the operation to the British embassy in Berlin which passed the report onto Warsaw. 1323
Marketing Mass Murder
During World War I, propagandists claimed that the Germans gave poison candy to the children in the occupied countries. In May 1940, the Allied hatemongers resurrected the old candy story. Le Figaro, a newspaper in France, even described the candy on its front page though no one ever found any
of it. This idiotic story suggests that poison candy was some sort of secret military weapon in their offensive warfare. The poison candy story appeared over a thousand times in the world press, just like the stories of Germans cutting off the hands of thousands of Belgian children. The stories were more beneficial to the Allies than a million bullets. People can be very trusting, willing to accept any newspaper report, especially when movies and television promulgate it for decades. 1324
While some people disregarded the early atrocity stories, they still harbor a “profound aversion to the Germans.” People still irrationally hated the Germans even while extolling their technical expertise, attention to detail and quality and ethical business practices. The fabrications, invented by the Allies in 1914, had remained in the public subconscious, even a generation later, when the very same Allies fabricated more atrocities, only this time, they managed to actually invade Germany, and would provide on-site physical evidence. If Germans, even with their proficiency, were to gas as many people as the Allies claim, given the numbers, and working twenty-four hours a day at full capacity, they would not conclude their grisly task until 2050, or even 2080. It appears that where Germans are concerned, people simply do not verify. Courts accept dubious testimony, or testimony from an accused person obtained by torture. 1325
As soon as Hitler came to power in Germany, the press began reporting Nazi atrocities. There were reports of the Brownshirts invading homes at midnight and the gun-wielding Nazis intimidating Jewish proprietors and employers. Nazis allegedly abducted prominent Jewish physicians from their offices and hospitals and then drove them into the country where they told them either leave Germany or face death. Nazis purportedly hauled Jewish businessmen out of cafés and restaurants and then viciously beat them or compelled them to clean the streets. 1326