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IV. ORGANIZATION OF THE GERMAN ARMED FORCES — SELECTIONS FROM THE EVIDENCE
 
  PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NOKW-2708 
  PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 41
 
EXTRACTS FROM GERMAN ARMY MANUAL 90, “SUPPLY OF THE FIELD ARMY” JUNE 1938
H. Dv. 90
Restricted
SUPPLY OF THE FIELD ARMY
(v.D.f.)
Part 1
 
Reprint with supplemented sheets 1 to 5¹  and handwritten
corrections in appendices lb and 1c²
 Printed by the Reich Printing Office, Berlin 1940.
 
Commander in Chief of the Army,
Section 6 (IV) General Staff of the Army,
Nr. 500/38,          Secret
Berlin 1 June 1938
 
I authorize the directive Supply of the Field Army (V.d.F.),
Parts I and II.  
Signed: von BRAUCHITSCH
 
I. General
 
1. The Field Army has to be supplied with everything that is necessary for the maintenance of its efficiency and has to be freed of everything which could diminish its usefulness.

Everything which serves this purpose will be comprised by the term, “Supply of the Army.”

2. The supply of the army is a part of the waging of war. It can decisively influence its progress in general and in individual instances. Its structure and its effectiveness, especially the safeguarding  
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¹ Not reproduced herein.
² Ibid
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