List of Adolf Hitler's directives
Adolf Hitler's directives or Führer's directives (Führerbefehle) 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 Under the Nazi system, they were binding, to be followed to the letter and superseded any other law.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's 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.[1]
The Directives
| Directive No | Date issued | Subject | Notes | Full text |
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| 1 | August 31, 1939 | Plan of Attack on Poland | German Invasion of Poland | Full text |
| 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, removing restrictions on naval warfare. | ||
| 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 "Case Yellow" | ||
| 10a | March, 1940 | Case "Weser Exercise" against Denmark and Norway | Operation Weserübung | |
| 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 | Operation Sea Lion | Full text | |
| 17 | August 1, 1940 | Battle of Britain | Full text | |
| 18 | November 12, 1940 | Seizure of Gibraltar | Operation Felix | Full text |
| 19 | December 10, 1940 | German occupation of Vichy France | Operation Attila | Full text |
| 20 | December 13, 1940 | German invasion of Greece | Operation Marita | Full text |
| 21 | December 18, 1940 | Invasion of the Soviet Union | Operation Barbarossa | Full text; Alt. Full text |
| 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 | Operation Strafe[2] | |
| 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 | Operation Mercury | Full text |
| 29 | May 17, 1941 | Proposed Military Government of Greece | Full text | |
| 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 | June 11, 1941 | Plans following defeat of the Soviet Union | Operation Orient | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Fuhrer_directive_32 |
| 32a | July 14, 1941 | Use of resources following defeat of the Soviet Union | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Fuhrer_directive_32 | |
| 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 which it would otherwise have used to attack Moscow.[3] | |
| 33a | July 23, 1941 | Supplement to 33 | ||
| 34 | July 30, 1941 | Strengthening Soviet resistance | ||
| 34a | August 12, 1941 | Supplement to 34 | ||
| 35 | September 6, 1941 | Closing the encirclement of Leningrad, destruction of the Southwestern Front | Battle of Moscow, Siege of Leningrad | |
| 36 | September 22, 1941 | Instructions for Winter operations in the Arctic | Instructions to the Army High Command, Norway, the navy and the air force for winter operations in and around northern Norway, Finland, and the Soviet Arctic regions. | |
| 37 | October 10, 1941 | Reorganizing forces in the Arctic | ||
| 38 | December 2, 1941 | Transfer of air units to the Mediterranean | ||
| 39 | December 8, 1941 | Abandoning the Offensive | ||
| 40 | March 23, 1942 | Competence of Commanders in Coastal Areas | Command Organization of the Coasts Atlantic Wall;[4] | Full text |
| 41 | April 5, 1942 | Summer Campaign in the Soviet Union | Operation Blue | |
| 42 | May 29, 1942 | Instructions for operations against unoccupied France and the Iberian Peninsula | Operation Attila replaced by Case Anton; Operation Isabella cancelled; | Full text |
| 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 | December 28, 1942 | Outlines the Chain of command for the South Eastern Mediterranean, and defensive strategies for a possible Allied attack on the Balkans and surrounding islands. | ||
| 48 | July 26, 1943 | Command and defence measures in the southeast | ||
| 49 | July, 1943 | Believed to be a contingency plan to seize Italian positions in the event of their withdrawal from the war. | Did not survive? | |
| 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 | Full text | |
| 52 | January 28, 1944 | Battle of Rome | Battle of Monte Cassino | |
| 53 | March 8, 1944 | Establishment of fortified areas and strong points | ||
| 54 | April 2, 1944 | Measures to halt the Soviet advance in the East | ||
| 55 | May 16, 1944 | Utilization of long range bombardment against England | ||
| 56 | July 12, 1944 | Orders for the protection of shipping | ||
| 57 | July 13, 1944 | Protocols for how authorities should operate in the event of an invasion of the Reich | ||
| 58 | July 19, 1944 | Preparations for the defense of the Reich | ||
| 59 | July 23, 1944 | Reorganization of Army Group North's command structure | ||
| 60 | July 26, 1944 | Defensive measures for the Italian Alps | ||
| 61 | August 24, 1944 | Establishment of defensive positions in the West | ||
| 62 | August 29, 1944 | Establishment of defenses along the German northern coastal regions | ||
| 63 | September 1, 1944 | Order for the West Wall to be on the defensive | ||
| 64 | September 3, 1944 | Orders for Commander-in-Chief West | ||
| 64a | September 7, 1944 | Conferring powers to Commander-in-Chief West | ||
| 64b | September 9, 1944 | Supplement to 64a | ||
| 65 | September 12, 1944 | Defensive measures for the South-East | ||
| 66 | September 19-22, 1944 | Second decree on command authority within the Reich in the event of invasion | ||
| 67 | November 28, 1944 | Exercise of command for isolated units | ||
| 68 | January 21, 1945 | Reestablishing the command supremacy of the Fuhrer | ||
| 69 | January 28, 1945 | Employment of the Volkssturm | ||
| 70 | February 5, 1945 | Evacuation of refugees from the East to Denmark | ||
| 71 | March 20, 1945 | Orders for a scorched earth campaign within the Reich | ||
| 72 | April 7, 1945 | Reorganization of command in the West | ||
| 73 | April 15, 1945 | Organization of command in the event Northern and Southern Germany are separated | ||
| 74 | April 15, 1945 | Order of the day to soldiers on the Eastern Front | Full text |
References
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^ Crete 1941: Germany’s lightning airborne assault, Peter Antill p.12
^ Peter Antill; Peter Dennis (2007). Stalingrad 1942. Osprey Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 1-84603-028-5.
^ Zaloga, Steven J. (2007). The Atlantic Wall. Osprey Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 9781846031298.
"Adolf Hitler and World War II: Operational Orders". 3 August 2009. Retrieved 2 Nov 2009.
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