| D. Invasions of Other Countries |
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| 1. POLAND |
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PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NOKW-2883 |
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PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 1372 |
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DIRECTIVES
FROM COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE NAVY,
23 NOVEMBER
1938, CONCERNING OCCUPATION
OF MEMEL, INITIALED BY SCHNEIWIND |
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| To be carried out by the Commander in Chief |
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Commander in Chief of the Navy
B. No. l, Naval War Staff Ia Op
111/38 |
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| Top Secret, Matter for Chiefs |
Berlin, 23 November 1938 |
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[stamp] |
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Matter for Chiefs |
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Through officer only |
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I. Write: 15 copies
To: |
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Naval Group Command East — |
Control No. 1 |
| For information to: |
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Fleet Command — |
Control No. 2 |
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Commander of Reconnaissance Forces: — |
Control No. 3 |
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Station East [Baltic] — |
Control No. 4 |
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Commander of Security of the Baltic — |
Control No. 5 |
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Air Force Command (Sea) — |
Control No. 6 |
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Commander Air Forces — |
Control No. 7 |
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Station N [North Sea] for Group West — |
Control No. 8. |
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Subject: Directives for an occupation of Memel
A.
Directives of the Armed Forces Command to the branches of the armed forces
1. The political situation, especially an armed conflict between Poland
and Lithuania, may make it necessary that the German Armed Forces occupy the
Memel territory. The commitment is to be prepared in such a manner that it may
be executed in the shortest time.
2. The Commander in Chief of the Army
is charged with the execution of the operation from the ground. For this
purpose are under his command also the units of the air force located in East
Prussia.
It is important that the Memel territory be occupied with
lightning speed and held by forces which are ready to march, and not by
mobilized ones. |
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