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Record of Hitler's order authorizing attacks on US warships and merchant ships in the "blockade zone"

IMT

Authors

Adolf Hitler (Fuehrer, Reich Chancellor, Supeme Commander of Wehrmacht)

Born: 1889-01-01 1889-04-20 (Braunau am Inn) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Archduchy of Austria above the Enns; statement is subject of: Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus)
Died: 1945-04-30 (Berlin Führerbunker) (country: Nazi Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin; statement is subject of: death of Adolf Hitler)
Country of citizenship: Cisleithania (period: 1889-04-20 through 1918-11-11); First Republic of Austria (period: 1919-01-01 through 1925-04-30); Nazi Germany (end cause: death of Adolf Hitler; period: 1933-01-30 through 1945-04-30); Republic of German-Austria (period: 1918-01-01 through 1919-01-01)
Occupation: painter (statement is subject of: paintings by Adolf Hitler); political writer; politician (reason for preferred rank: generally used form); soldier
Member of political party: German Workers' Party (period: 1919-09-12 through 1921-07-11); Nazi Party (series ordinal: 556)
Member of: Nazi Party
Participant in: Aktion T4; Beer Hall Putsch; The Holocaust; ethnic cleansing
Significant person: Albert Speer; Benito Mussolini; Eva Braun; Joseph Stalin

Date: 18 July 1941

Literal Title: Authorisation of Attacks on U.S. Merchantmen.

Defendant: Karl Doenitz

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: C-118

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 195

Document Book No: Prosecution 9 (Doenitz)

Citation: IMT (page 2662)

HLSL Item No.: 452882

Staff Evidence Analyses

C-118: Photostatic copy of a page from a German war diary, authorizing attack on U.S. Merchantmen