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| Vice Admiral and Chief of the Fleet Carls |
| Tender “Hela”, September 1938 |
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Top Secret
Opinion on the, “Draft Study of
Naval Warfare against England” |
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A. There is full agreement with the main theme of the study.
1. If, according to the Fuehrer’s decision, Germany is to acquire
a position as a world power she needs not only sufficient colonial possessions
but also secure naval communications and secure access to the ocean.
2.
Both requirements can only be fulfilled in opposition to Anglo-French interests
and would limit their position as world powers. It is unlikely that they can be
achieved by peaceful means The decision to make Germany a world power therefore
forces upon us the necessity of making the corresponding preparations for war.
3. War against England means at the same time war against the Empire,
against France, probably against Russia as well, and a large number of
countries overseas, in fact against 1/2 to 2,/3 of the whole world.
It
can only be justified and have a chance of success if it is prepared
economically as well as politically, and militarily, and
waged with the aim of conquering for Germany an outlet to the ocean.
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| 3. JOINT STATEMENT OF FIVE GERMAN MILITARY LEADERS ON THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE GERMAN ARMED FORCES AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR |
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PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT 3798-PS |
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PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 1451 |
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| EXTRACTS FROM THE JOINT STATEMENT* OF FIELD MARSHALL VON MANSTEIN,
FIELD MARSHALL VON BRAUCITSCH, GENERAL HALDER, GENERAL WARLIMONT, AND GENERAL
WESTPHAL, SIGNED IN NUERNBERG ON 19 DECEMBER 1945 |
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| Nuernberg, 19 November 1945 |
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* Testimony of the defendant Warlimont,
one of the authors of this joint statement, concerning the circumstances in
which the statement was worked out appears in this section.
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