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Order No. 1 for "Fall Weiss"
Mining Operation off the Peninsula of Hela
"I. General Notes 1. "Fall Weiss" comprises the task of de-
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stroying the Polish Armed Forces by a surprise and lightning operation, and this includes the elimination of the Polish Naval Forces, the stopping of Polish maritime trade, and unobtrusive reconnaissance by the Navy of the Baltic and Kattegat,—also the Navy's protection of these against intervention by the forces of a foreign power."
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DISTRIBUTION: Group East Copies 1-2, Fleet Copy 3, S. 0. Reconnaissance Forces Copy 4, F. 0. (U/B) Copy 5, F. 0. (U/B) East Copy 6, Chief of U-boat Flotillas 6th U—Flotilla Copy 7, 3rd U—Flotilla Copies 8-10, S. 0. (Naval Air Force) Copy 11, Spare Copies 12-15.
Orders for naval operations in "Fall Weiss" (Poland), including the destruction of Polish forces, mining, and the prevention of intervention by foreign powers
Authors
Karl Doenitz (admiral; submarine commander (1939-430; naval commander (1943-45))
Karl Doenitz
German admiral, supreme commander of the Navy, head of state and convicted war criminal (1891-1980)
- Born: 1891-09-16 (Grünau) (country: German Empire; located in the administrative territorial entity: Kingdom of Prussia)
- Died: 1980-12-22 1980-12-24 (Aumühle) (country: West Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Schleswig-Holstein)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: autobiographer; military officer; politician; soldier (period: 1910-01-01 through 1918-01-01, 1920-01-01 through 1945-01-01)
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Participant in: Nuremberg trials (charge: war crime, war of aggression; defender: Otto Kranzbühler; role: defendant)
- Military rank: Admiral (period: 1942-03-14 through 1943-01-30); Commodore (period: 1939-01-28 through 1939-10-01); Fregattenkapitän (period: 1933-10-01 through 1935-10-01); Fähnrich zur See (period: 1911-04-15 through 1913-09-27)
- Military branch: German Navy; Imperial German Navy (since: 1910-04-01); Kriegsmarine (since: 1935-06-01)
Date: 1939
Literal Title: F. O. (U / B) Order No. 1 for "Fall Weiss" Mining Operations Hela Peninsula.
Defendant: Karl Doenitz
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: C-172
Citation: IMT (page 2648)
HLSL Item No.: 452873
Notes:The document is not dated; the Blue Set, vol. 34, p. 723, dates it to 1939.