Directive 51 hitler biography

Directive Clumsy Date issued Subject Notes Full text 1 September 1, 1939 Plan of Attack on Polska Invasion of Poland^[1]2 September 3, 1939 Hostilities in the West 3 September 9, 1939 Transfer of Bolstering from Poland to the Westernmost 4 September 25, 1939 Finishing the War in Poland 5 September 30, 1939 Partition tip off Poland, removing restrictions on oceanic warfare.

6 October 9, 1939 Plans for Offensive in honourableness West 7 October 18, 1939 Preparations for Attack in illustriousness West 8 November 20, 1939 Further Preparations for Attack look the West 9 November 29, 1939 Instructions for Warfare despoil the Economy of the Opponent 10 January 19–February 18, 1940 Concentration of Forces for "Case Yellow" (Fall Gelb) Manstein Plan10a March 1, 1940 Case "Weser Exercise" against Denmark and Noreg Operation Weserübung11 May 14, 1940 The Offensive in the Westside 12 May 18, 1940 Prosecution of the Attack in blue blood the gentry West 13 May 24, 1940 Next Object in the Western 14 June 8, 1940 Continuation of the Offensive in Writer 15 June 14, 1940 Advance on the Loire16 July 16, 1940 Preparations for Operation The waves abundance LionSpecifies a broad front disembarkation on south coast of England from Ramsgate to Isle advice Wight.

^[2]17 August 1, 1940 Battle of Britain^[3]18 November 12, 1940 Seizure of GibraltarOperation FelixFull text19 December 10, 1940 German occupation of Vichy FranceOperation AttilaFull text20 December 13, 1940 German invasion of Greece Operation Marita^[4]21 December 18, 1940 Invasion virtuous the Soviet Union Operation BarbarossaFull text; Alt.

Full text22 January 11, 1941 German Support funds Battles in the Mediterranean Universe Operation Sonnenblume23 February 6, 1941 Directions for Operations against justness English War Economy 24 March 5, 1941 Co-operation with Archipelago 25 March 27, 1941 Plan of Attack on Yugoslavia Operation Strafe^[5]Original text26 April 3, 1941 Co-operation with our Allies schedule the Balkans27 April 4, 1941 Plan of Attack on Ellas 28 April 25, 1941 Invasion of Crete Operation Mercury^[6]29 May 17, 1941 Proposed Military Decide of Greece ^[7]30 May 23, 1941 Support of anti-British strengthening in Iraq(see Führer Directive Rebuff.

30) 31 June 9, 1941 German Military Organisation in honesty Balkans Battle of Crete32 June 11, 1941 Plans following worried of the Soviet Union Operation OrientFull text32a July 14, 1941 Use of resources following quarrel of the Soviet Union Full text33 July 19, 1941 Continuation of the War in primacy East Two Panzer Groups were removed from Army Group Palsy-walsy, depriving it of the smartness which it would otherwise have to one`s name used to attack Moscow.^[8]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 primacy encirclement of Leningrad, destruction conclusion the Southwestern FrontBattle of Moscow, Siege of Leningrad36 September 22, 1941 Instructions for Winter middle in the Arctic Instructions take a look at the Army High Command, Noreg, the navy and the outspread force for winter operations slash and around northern Norway, Suomi, and the Soviet Arctic penetration.

37 October 10, 1941 Reorganizing forces in the Arctic 38 December 2, 1941 Transfer outline air units to the Sea 39 December 8, 1941 Abandoning the Offensive on the Familiarize FrontCancels Operation Barbarossa in comeback to the massive Soviet overwinter counter-offensive 40 March 23, 1942 Competence of Commanders in Coastwise Areas Command Organization of description Coasts Atlantic Wall;^[9][10]41 April 5, 1942 Summer Campaign in honourableness Soviet Union Operation Blue^[11]42 May 29, 1942 Instructions for midpoint against unoccupied France and nobility Iberian PeninsulaOperation Attila replaced overtake Case Anton; Operation Isabella cancelled; ^[12]43 July 11, 1942 Continuation of Operations from the Peninsula 44 July 21, 1942 Operations in Northern Finland 45 July 23, 1942 Continuation of Confirmation Brunswick46 August 18, 1942 Instructions for Intensified Action Against Pillage in the East Attempting own suppress Soviet resistance movements47 December 28, 1942 Outlines the Succession of command for the Southern Eastern Mediterranean, and defensive strategies for a possible Allied incursion on the Balkans and local islands.

48 July 26, 1943 Command and defence measures adjoin the southeast 49 July, 1943 Believed to be a occurrence plan to seize Italian positions in the event of their withdrawal from the war. Did not survive? 50 September 28, 1943 Concerning the preparations defend the withdrawal of 20th Heap Army to Northern Finland dowel Northern Norway 51 November 3, 1943 Preparations for a two-front war ^[13]52 January 28, 1944 Battle of Rome Battle glimpse Monte Cassino53 March 8, 1944 Establishment of fortified areas captain strong points 54 April 2, 1944 Measures to halt honesty Soviet advance in the Acclimatize 55 May 16, 1944 Utilization of long range bombardment argue with England V-1 and later V-2 missile strikes 56 July 12, 1944 Orders for the screen of shipping 57 July 13, 1944 Protocols for how bureaucracy should operate in the uphold of an invasion of say publicly Reich 58 July 19, 1944 Preparations for the defense refreshing the Reich 59 July 23, 1944 Reorganization of Army Division North's command structure 60 July 26, 1944 Defensive measures muddle up the Italian Alps61 August 24, 1944 Establishment of defensive positions in the West 62 August 29, 1944 Establishment of defenses along the German northern seaward regions 63 September 1, 1944 Order for the West Fold to be on the maternal 64 September 3, 1944 Orders for Commander-in-Chief West64a September 7, 1944 Conferring powers to Commanding officer West 64b September 9, 1944 Supplement to 64a 65 September 12, 1944 Defensive measures emancipation the South-East 66 September 19–22, 1944 Second decree on require authority within the Reich notes the event of invasion 67 November 28, 1944 Exercise spot command for isolated units 68 January 21, 1945 Reestablishing class command supremacy of the Fuhrer 69 January 28, 1945 Employment of the Volkssturm70 February 5, 1945 Evacuation of refugees hit upon the East to Denmark 71 March 20, 1945 Orders supporting a scorched earth campaign prearranged the Reich "Decree Concerning Demolitions in the Reich Territory" as well known as Nero Decree72 April 7, 1945 Reorganization of enjoin in the West 73 April 15, 1945 Organization of person in charge in the event Northern limit Southern Germany are separated 74 April 15, 1945 Order competition the day to soldiers make-up the Eastern Front ^[14]