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4.
It is important that all the Commanders-in-Chief make it plain that the taking of the necessary measures in connection with this directive is being done as a precaution against the possibility of the Russians adopting an attitude towards us other than what it has been up to now. The number of officers engaged in the early stages on these preparations is to be kept as small as possible, and each officer is only to be given such information as is directly essential to him in the performance of his task. Otherwise the danger will arise of our preparations becoming known, when a time for the carrying out of the proposed operation has not even been decided upon. This would cause us the gravest political and military disadvantages.
5.
I anticipate further conferences with the Commanders-in-Chief concerning their intentions as based on this directive.
Reports on the progress made in the proposed preparations by all services of the armed forces will be forwarded to me through the Armed Forces High Command.
signed: ADOLF HITLER.
APPENDIX XXIII
Organisation of the Command of the Armed Forces 1944
Only the more important offices are shown. The Waffen SS and the Ministry of Armaments and War Production were directly subordinate to Hitler.
APPENDIX XXIV
War Establishment of a Panzer Division as of 15.10.35
APPENDIX XXV
War Establishment of 1st Panzer Division
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INDEX
Adam, General, 72
Aisne, Battle of the, 123–6
Altrock, General von, 20
Amiens, Capture of, 112
Amsberg, Major von, 370
Amsberg, Colonel von, 18
Angern, Colonel, 71
Antonescu, Marshal, 364–6
Arnim, General von, 146, 156, 158, 222
Audörsch, Lt.-Col., 215
Axthelm, General von, 146
Bach-Zelewski, Group Leader von dem, 355–6, 358
Bacher, General, 146, 210
Bader, General, 68, 80
Badoglio, Marshal, 46, 141, 310
Balck, Lt.-Col., later Gen., 100, 102, 107–8, 112, 125, 127–8, 255, 261, 372, 374, 376, 385–6, 394
Barandon, Dr. Paul, 401–2, 421, 426
Barsewisch, Lt.-Col. von, 146, 160, 220
Bayerlein, Major later Gen., 120, 134, 142, 208, 323
Beaulieu, Charles de, 287
Beck, Foreign Minister, 437
Beck, Col.-Gen., 32–3, 36, 49, 50, 60, 87, 190, 301, 345, 348, 457, 462
Becke, Lt., 287
Becker, General, 30
Belfort, Capture of, 132–4
Below, Colonel von, 171, 340
Bergmann, General, 262
Berlin, General, 343
Bevin, Ernest, 285
Bialystok, Pocket at, 157–164
Bismarck, Prince, 30, 414, 435, 442, 454, 461
Bissing, Lt.-Col. Frhr. von, 186
Bittrich, Colonel, 219
Blomberg, General von, 29, 35, 47–8, 87, 436, 452, 464
Blücher, F.-M. Prince von, 455–6
Bock, F.-M. von, 50, 53, 56, 75, 122, 145, 166, 189, 192, 195–6, 198, 218, 252, 259, 264
Bolbrinker, Colonel, 292
Boltenstern, General von, 146, 176
Bonin, Colonel von, 343, 396–8
Bor-Komorowski, General, 35–6, 358
Bormann, Martin, 344, 362, 364, 416, 424, 449, 452
Botho-Wend zu Eulenburg, Graf, 83
Boulogne, Capture of, 114–16
Brahe, Battle of the, 70–1
Brandenberger, General, 380
Brandt, General, 38
Braubach, Lt.-Col., 81, 83
Brauchitsch, Lt.-Col., later F.-M. von, 21, 37, 48, 56, 60, 61, 126, 152, 166, 199, 200, 213, 262–3, 265, 267, 275, 465
Braun, Eva, 442, 452
Bredow, General von, 33
Bredow, Major von, 185
Brest-Litovsk, 1st Battle of, 81–2; 2nd Battle of, 153–4
Brockdorff, General Graf, 72
Bryansk, Battle of, 232–7
Buchterkirch, Lt., 206
Bug, Battle of the, 146–9, 153–4
Buhle, General, 304, 340, 361
Bünau, Lt. von, 130
Burén, Colonel, 23
Burgdorf, General, 340–2, 346, 364, 382, 400, 406, 416, 429, 452
Busch, Lt.-Col., later F.-M., 23, 92, 104, 336
Buschenhagen, General, 289
Büsing, Major, 206, 217, 269
Busse, General, 394, 427, 428
Calais, Capture of, 116–18
Cambrai, Battle of, 39
Cavallero, Marshal, 141
Chamberlain, Neville, 60, 435
Charles XII of Sweden, 142, 218, 440
Christen, Lt.-Col. von, 397–8
Churchill, Winston, 54–6, 60, 84, 120, 284–5, 438–9
Ciano, Count, 64–5
Clary-Aldringen, Prince, 59
Clausewitz, 378, 454, 456
Crinis, Professor de, 443
Daladier, 94, 435
Dalerus, Birger, 445
Dallmer-Zerbe, Lt.-Col., 156
Darré, Minister, 452–3
Deverill, Field-Marshal Sir Cyril, 46
Dietrich, Sepp, 50, 117–18, 272, 380, 413
Dirlewanger, 356, 448
Dnieper, Battle of the, 170–2
Dohna-Finckenstein, Count, 74
Dollman, General, 132, 134–5, 334
Domarus, Professor von, 274
Dönitz, Grand Admiral, 372, 413
Dorpmüller, Minister, 452
Dunkirk, British Evacuation from, 117–18
Eberbach, Col., later Gen., 230, 235, 242, 244–8, 292
Eckinger, Capt., 128, 133
Eden, Anthony, 60
Ehlermann, Lt.-Col., 99
Elnya, Battle of, 180–2, 196, 212
Eltz von Rübenach, Baron, 452
Engel, Colonel, 289
Epp, General Ritter von, 135, 137
Falkenhorst, General von, 76
Fegelein, SS. Brigade-Leader, 356, 358, 416, 452
Feldt, General, 145
Felix, Lt., 70
Feller, Lt.-Col., 156
Fessmann, General, 36, 46
Fischer, Colonel, 100
Ford, Henry, 316
Förster, General, 272
Forster, Gauleiter, 449
Frank, Governor-General, 355, 358, 450
Frank, Major, 217, 218
Franco, General, 140, 287
Franz, Major, 175
Frederick the Great, 74, 266, 406, 416, 425, 441–2, 454, 466
Frederick William I, 406
Frère, General, 111
Freyer, Lt.-Col., 292
Freytag von Loringhoven, Major Baron, 342
Freytag von Loringhoven, Col. Baron, 345
Frick, Minister, 452
Friessner, Col.-Gen., 354, 366, 373
Fritsch, General Frhr. von, 31, 33, 35–6, 46–9, 55, 87, 436
Fromm, General, 37, 63, 273–4, 289, 345, 349
Fuller, General, 20
Gall, Colonel, 76
Galland, General, 445
Gamelin, General, 108
Gärtringen, Frhr. Hiller von, 70
Gaulle, General de, 94, 109, 111
Gebhardt, Professor, 421
Gehlen, Col., later General, 343, 382, 384, 387, 413
Gercke, General, 343
Gerlach, Colonel von, 146
Gessler, Dr., 462
Geyer, General, 184–5, 188, 272
Geyr, von Schweppenburg, General Frhr., 49, 68, 145, 148, 157, 160–1, 168, 182, 192, 210, 213–14, 217, 220, 228, 230, 232, 234–5, 245, 247, 259, 324, 328–30, 332–4
Ghengis Khan, 383
Gille, General, 384–6
Glaise-Horstenau, von, 51
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Goebbels, Dr., 85, 267, 293–4, 324, 344, 416, 418, 448, 452
Goerdeler, Dr., 300–2, 344, 348
Goering, Hermann, 85, 98, 120, 304, 334, 344, 378, 412, 438, 444–6, 448, 452
Gollnik, Colonel, 82
Gothsche, General, 348
Gräser, General, 374
Graziani, Marshal, 141
Greiser, Gauleiter, 449
Grote, 278
Guderian, Heinz-Günter, 17, 58, 66, 83, 120
Guderian, Kurt, 17, 66, 72–3, 80, 83, 120, 132
Gürtner, Minister, 452
Haase, General, 123
Hacker, 278
Haeften, von, 345
Haider, Col.-Gen., 60, 90–1, 142, 198–200, 202, 206, 218, 275, 462
Halm, Colonel, 22
Hansen, General, 365
Harpe, Col.-Gen., 336, 374, 386–7, 390, 394
Hauenschild, Gen, von, 293
Hausser, Col.-Gen., 145, 164, 174, 209, 334
Heckel, Lt.-Col., 408
Heigl, Fritz, 21
Heinemann, General, 146
Heinrici, Gen., later Col.-Gen., 242, 244, 374, 422, 425
Heistermann von Ziehlberg, Gen., 347
Heitz, General, 47
Henderson, Nevile, 60
Hentzsch Mission, 107
Hess, Rudolf, 444, 452, 453
Hesse, Dr., 421
Heusinger, Col. later Gen., 189, 361
Hierl, 416, 449
Himmler, Heinrich, 51, 293, 303, 325, 344, 355–6, 358, 364, 383, 394, 403–6, 413–14, 419, 421–2, 426, 446–9, 452, 517
Hindenburg, Field-Marshal von, 29, 34, 87, 414, 434, 452, 455–6
Hippel, Colonel von, 105
Hirschberg, General von, 26
Hitler, Adolf, 29 et seq.
Hlond, Cardinal, 82
Hoare, Sir Samuel, 286, 287
Hoeppner, General, 64, 170, 259, 272–3, 348
Höring, Major, 22
Hörnlein, Col., 222
Horthy, Admiral, 57, 368, 378–9
Hossbach, General, 376, 400–1
Hoth, General, 145–6, 150, 158, 160, 162, 166, 170, 178–9, 180, 182, 189, 192, 503
Hube, General, 296
Hubitzki, General, 227
Hugenberg, Minister, 452
Hühnlein, Adolf, 30
Imredy, 57
Jakob, General, 360
Jänicke, Col.-Gen., 328
Jeschonnek, Col.-Gen., 303
Jodl, Col.-Gen., 199, 268, 289, 325, 339, 341, 351, 361, 366–7, 382–3, 385, 387–8, 393, 403, 406, 420–1, 423, 427, 429, 431, 439, 445, 464, 517
Jordana, 286
Jungenfeldt, Major, later Col. von, 230, 366
Juniville, Battle of, 125
Kahlden, Major von, later Lt.-Col., 213, 217, 252, 269
Kaltenbrunner, 346, 398
Kaminski, 356, 448
Kauffmann, Major, 292
Kaupisch, General, 66
Keitel, General Bodewin, 61, 261, 284
Keitel, General Wilhelm later F.-M., 48, 199, 264, 268, 287, 289, 294, 302, 304, 308–10, 327, 340–1, 345–6, 351, 361, 364, 368, 382, 415, 420, 429, 431, 464–5, 517
Kempfe, General, 226
Kempff, General, 108, 134, 226, 228, 233, 287, 302
Kesselring, Field-Marshal, 209, 379
Kiev, Battle of, 202–24
Killinger, Ambassador, 365
Kirchheim, General, 345–6
Kirchner, General, 98, 123, 133
Kleemann, Colonel, 215
Kleist, Col.-Gen. von, later F.-M., 91–2, 99, 101–2, 107, 109–10, 113–14, 118, 129, 216, 217–19, 233, 274, 316, 476, 478, 480, 484, 493, 503, 504–9
Klingenberg, Hauptsturmführer, 181
Klingspor, Captain, 23
Kluge, Col.-Gen. von, later F.-M., 65, 82, 147, 161–2, 166–7, 169, 171, 175, 179, 262, 264, 269, 272–3, 306–8, 312, 334, 338, 341, 369–70
Knesebeck, Lt.-Col. von dem, 397–8
Knobelsdorff, General von, 302
Knochenhauer, General von, 26
Koch, Reich Commissar, 289, 388
Kordt, Erich, 378
Korten, General, 345
Köstring, General, 151, 289
Krause, Lt., 188, 191
Krebs, Colonel, later General, 191, 415–16, 425–6, 428
Kreysing, General, 402
Kriebel, General, 345, 346
Krivochin, Brig.-General, 83
Kübler, General, 272
Küchler, General von, 75
Kuhl, General von, 41
Kuhn, Major, 347
Kühne, Lieutenant–Colonel, 22
Kuntzen, General, 306
Lammerding, SS. Brigade-Leader, 403, 421
Landgraf, Colonel, 112
Langermann und Erlencamp, Gen. Frhr. von, 126, 130, 145, 182, 230, 235
Leeb, Col.-Gen., later F.-M., Ritter von, 132, 134, 145, 195, 272
Lemelsen, General, 146, 149, 154, 156, 162, 169, 228, 232, 254
Lenin, 432
le Suire, Lt.-Col. von, 62
Ley, Dr., 420, 450
Licht, Colonel, 171
Liddell Hart, Captain, 20, 295
Liebenstein, Lt.-Col. Frhr. von, 107, 142, 145, 159, 182, 206, 217, 218, 227, 237, 244, 247, 259, 269, 270, 272
Liese, Lt.-Col., 23
Linnarz, General, 284
List, Colonel General, 91, 110, 122, 124
Litvinov, 140
Loch, General, 124
Loeper, General von, 145, 209, 215, 268
Lörzer, General, 98, 101, 102, 104
Lossberg, Lt.-Col. von, 117, 439
Ludendorff, General, 87, 184, 455, 456
Luther, Dr. Martin, 264
Lüttwitz, General Frhr, Smilo von, 394
Lutz, Major, later General, 18, 19, 24–5, 28, 33, 35–6, 38, 47, 49, 278
Mackensen, Field-Marshal von, 33, 34
Mackensen, General von, 123, 153
Maginot Line, 94, 96, 106
Mahan, Admiral, 440
Mannerheim, Field-Marshal, 368
Manstein, Gen. later F.-M. von, 85, 89, 90–1, 109, 302–3, 306–7
Manteuffel, General von, 380–1, 421
Marras, General, 171
Martel, General, 20
Martinek, General, 191
Meier-Rabingen, General, 191
Meisel, General, 346, 397
Merz von Quirnheim, 345
Metz, General, 226, 233
Meuse, Battle of the, 101–8
Miklos, General, 378
Milch, Field-Marshal, 293
Minsk, Capture of, 158
Model, Lt.-Gen., later F.-M., 145, 182, 186, 209–10, 215, 217–18, 306–7, 311, 336, 355–6, 369, 376, 380, 415
Mölders, Colonel, 146, 161, 168, 256
Molotov, 139–42, 382
Moltke, F.-M. Graf von, 32, 378, 439, 454, 456-7, 461
Morell, Dr., 342, 442, 452
Müller, Dr., 281, 299–300
Müller, Colonel, 499
Müller, Gen. Friedrich-Wilhelm, 401
Müller, Bishop, 451
Müller, SS. Group-Leader, 346, 398
Munzel, Lt.-Col., 218
Mussolini, 33, 46, 140, 144, 310, 371, 432, 435, 439
Nagel, Lt.-Col., 209–10, 213
Napoleon, 21, 74, 142, 171, 432, 440, 454, 456
Narev, Battle of the, 76–80
Natzmer, Colonel von, 21
Naumann, State Secretary, 418–9
Nedtwig, Colonel, 133
Nehring, Col., later Gen., 84, 100, 120, 130, 146, 154, 168–9, 390, 393, 395, 398, 417, 499508, 512
Neurath, Frhr. von, 452
Nicholson, Brigadier, 117
Ohnesorge, Postmaster, 452
Olbricht, General, 339, 345, 348
Orel, Battle of, 226–32
O’Rourq, Bishop, 82
Oshima, Ambassador, 412
Otto, General, 58
Papen, Franz von, 452–3<
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Paul of Yugoslavia, Prince, 65
Paulus, Col. later F.-M., 35, 49, 206, 274
Péronne, Capture of, 111
Pétain, Marshal, 134
Petter, Major, 19
Pirner, Captain, 27
Porsche, Prof., 277–8, 281–2, 299, 309
Potemkin, 383
Praun, Col. later Gen., 146, 343
Prien, General von, 289
Prittwitz, Colonel von, 105, 113
Rabenau, General von, 300–1
Raeder, Admiral, 287
Rauss, Col.-Gen., 376, 415, 420–1
Reichenau, General von, later F.-M., 29, 4855, 86, 87, 256, 464
Reinefarth, Police General, 425
Reinhardt, General, later Col.-Gen., 56, 106, 108, 117, 122, 125, 127, 129, 259, 356, 376, 384, 386–7, 400–1
Rendulic, Col.-Gen., 401
Ribbentrop, 65–6, 364, 366, 378, 402, 404–5, 421, 426, 452
Richthofen, Field-Marshal von, 178, 261
Richthofen, Manfred von, 444
Riebel, Lt.-Col., 62, 122, 125
Roehm, Ernst, 33, 362, 452
Rommel, General later F.-M., 141, 174, 273, 310, 329–34, 349, 369
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 284, 441
Rosenberg, Alfred, 450
Roslavl, Battle of, 186–9, 194–5
Röttinger, Captain, 62
Runciman, Lord, 59, 435
Rundstedt, Col.-Gen. von, later F.-M., 85–7, 89–91, 105, 110, 120, 122, 127, 145, 256, 272, 304, 324, 328–30, 334, 345–6, 369, 380, 385
Rust, Minister, 451, 452
Salaszy, 379, 417
Salmuth, General von, 76
Saucken, General von, 393–4, 398, 417
Saur, Chief Assistant, 276, 308–9
Schaal, General, 76, 98, 100, 106, 118, 145, 181, 477, 486
Schacht, Hjalmar, 287, 452–3
Scharnhorst, General, 454–5
Schell, General von, 316–17, 320, 322
Schepman, 362
Schlabrendorff, Fabian von, 301
Schleicher, General von, 33, 434
Schlieffen, General von, 32–3, 378, 456–7, 461
“Schlieffen Plan,” 89–90, 96–7, 456
Schmidt, General Rudolf, 49, 122–3, 127–8, 270