War Directives 1939-1945
Adolf Hitler: War Directives 1939-1945
(Source: H.R. Trevor-Roper, 1966)
Transmission details, addresses and signatories have been omitted
1939
No.1 - 31st August
Plan of Attack on Poland
No.2 - 3rd September
Hostilities in the West
No.3 - 9th September
Transfer of Forces from Poland to the West
No.4 - 25th September
Finishing the War in Poland
No.5 - 30th September
Partition of Poland
No.6 - 9th October
Plans for the Offensive in the West
No.7 - 18th October
Preparations for Attack in the West
No.8 20th November
Further Preparations for Attack in the West
No.9 - 29th November
'Instructions for the Warfare against the Economy of the Enemy'
1940
No.10 - 19th January/ 18th February
Concentration of Forces for 'Undertaking Yellow'
No.10a - 1st March
'Case Weser-Exercise' against Denmark and Norway
No.11 - 14th May
The Offensive in the West
No.12 - 18th May
Prosecution of the Attack in the West
No.13 - 24th May
Next Object in the West
No.14 - 8th June
Continuation of the Offensive in France
No.15 - 14th June
Advance on the Loire
No.16 - 16th July
'Preparations for a Landing Operation against England'
No.17 - 1st August
'For the Conduct of Air and Sea Warfare against England'
No.18 - 12th November
plans to enter Spain and capture Gibraltar
No.19 - 10th December
'Undertaking Attila'
No.20 - 13th December
'Undertaking Marita'
No.21 - 18th December
'Case Barbarossa'
1941
No.22 - 11th January
'German Support for Battles in Mediterranean Area'
No.23 - 6th February
'Directions for Operations against the English War Economy'
No.24 - 5th March
'Cooperation with Japan'
No.25 - 27th March
Plan of Attack on Yugoslavia
No.26 - 3rd April
'Cooperation with our Allies in the Balkans'
No.27 - 4th April
Plan of Attack on Greece
No.28 - 25th April
'Undertaking Mercury'
No.29 - 17th May
Proposed Military Government of Greece
No.30 - 23rd May
German Intervention in Iraq
No.31 - 9th June
German Military Organisation in the Balkans
No.32 - 11th June
'Preparations for the Period after Barbarossa'
No.32a - 14th July
Supplement to 32: Reduction of the Army after Victory over Russia
No.33 - 19th July
Continuation of the War in the East
No.33a - 23rd July
Supplement to 33
No.34 - 30th July
Change to Strategy in Russia
No.34a - 12th August
Supplement to 34
No.35 - 6th September
Decision on Employment of Army Group Centre
No.36 - 22nd September
Objectives in Artic Theatre
No.37 - 10th October
Reorganisation of Forces in the Artic Theatre
No.38 - 2nd December
The Air War in the Mediterranean
No.39 - 8th December
Defence on the Eastern Front
1942
No.40 - 23rd March
'Competence of Commanders in Costal Areas'
No.41 - 5th April
Spring Campaign in the East
No.42 - 29th May
'Instructions for Operations against Unoccupied France and the Iberian Peninsula'
No.43 - 11 July
'Continuation of Operations from the Crimea
No.44 - 21st July
'Operations in Northern Finland'
No.45 - 23rd July
'Continuation of Operation Brunswick'
No.46 - 18th August
'Instructions for Intensified Activity against Banditry in the East
No.47 - 28th December
'Command and Defence Measures in the South-East'
1943
No.48 - 26th July
'Command and Defence Measures in the South-East'
No.49 - 31st July
Operation Alaric (later Axis)
No.50 - 28th September
'Concerning the Preparations for the Withdrawal of 20th Mountain Army to North Finland and North Norway'
No.51 - 3rd November
The Danger of a Second Front in the West
1944
No.52 - 28th January
The Battle for Rome
No.53 - 8th March
'Commandants for Fortified Areas and Battle Commandants'
No.54 - 2nd April
Defensive Line in the East
No.55 - 16th May
'Employment of Long-range Weapons against England'
No.56 - 12th July
Coordination of Shipping
No.57 - 13th July
Two Decrees of the Führer concerning Authority in the Event of Invasion of the Reich
No.58 - 19th July
Order concerning Preparations for the Defence of the Reich
No.59 - 23rd July
'Reorganisation of Command Authority in the Area of Army Group North'
No.60 - 26th July
'Alpine Approaches Position' (three orders)
No.61 - 24th August
'Order for the Construction of German Defensive Positions in the West'
No.62 - 29th August
'Order for the Completion of Defences in the German Bight'
No.63 - 1st September
'Order placing the West Wall in a State of Defence'
No.64 - 3rd September
'Direction for Further Operations by Commander-in-Chief West'
No.64a - 7th September
'Military Powers of Commander-in-Chief West'
No.64b - 9th September
Further to 64a
No.65 - 12th September
'Order for Defences in the South-east'
No.66 19th - 22nd September
Second Decree fo the Führer on Powers of Command in an Area of Operations within the Reich' (three documents)
No.67 - 25th November
'Exercise of Command in Units which have been Isolated'
1945
No.68 - 21st January
The Führer alone will determine Strategy
No.69 - 28th January
'Employment of the Volkssturm'
No.70 - 5th February
'Transport of Refugees from the East to Denmark'
No.71 - 20th March
'Demolitions on Reich Territory'
No.72 - 7th April
Reorganisation of Command in the West
No.73 - 15th April
'Führer's Order on the Organisation of Command in the Separated Areas fo Northern and Southern Germany'
No.74 - 15th April
Order of the Day to Soldiers of the Eastern Front
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