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Instructions that the commando order of October 1942 is to be applied against single commandos, as well as groups
IMT
Authors
Walter Warlimont (general; deputy chief, operations staff of the armed forces)
Walter Warlimont
German general (1894-1976)
- Born: 1894-10-03 (Osnabrück)
- Died: 1976-10-09 (Kreuth)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: military officer (military rank: general)
- Member of: High Command of the Armed Forces (since: 1941-01-01)
- Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-07-04; role: affiant); Judges' Trial
- Significant person: Hermann Foertsch (role: colleague, friend); Walter Kuntze
- Military rank: General of the Artillery
Date: 22 June 1944
Literal Title: Subject: Enemy agents -
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: PS-506
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 549
Document Book No: Prosecution CC: OKW
Citation: IMT (page 2187)
HLSL Item No.: 451848
Notes:For Hitler's commando order (that captured commandos be shot), see document PS 498.
Trial Issues
Criminal organizations (Gestapo, Leadership Corps, Cabinet, SS, SD, OKW) (… Partisan fighters (and commandos), operations against, and treatment of (I…
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
PS-506: Draft of a note clarifying that the German attitude toward Commando raids. Classified 'TOP SECRET'
Red Series Doc Descriptions
PS-506: Draft of top-secret memorandum initialed by Warli-mont, 22 June 1944, approving and interpreting Hitler’s order concerning the annihilation of commando units