l0. . SECRET
[Stamp].
Top Secret
Through officers only
The Commander in Chief of the Army
Operations Section (la)
General Staff of the Army
No. 4402/39 Secret HQ' Army HIgh Command
7, October 1939.
11 copies, 2nd copy
General von Beck takes over command of the newly formed Army Group B on 10th October 1939 at 12.00 hours.
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Task of Army Group B is the protection of the German boundary from the mouth of the Ems to the line of demarcation with Army Group C. For this task Army Group B holds the western fortifications ; the resistance begins on the border.
The Dutch border between Ems and Rhine is to be observed only.
At the same time, Army Group B has to make all preparations according to special orders, for immediate invasion of Dutch and Belgian territory if the political situation so demands.
The order for the occupation is given by the Army High Command ; until then, any border isolation of Dutch or Belgian territory must be avoided most carefully.
signed von Brauchitsch
Distribution Army Group B) Army Group C(
by telegraph
certified Hensinger. [signature] Jaiymyer
[Handwritten notes] Chief J. N. W 8-10-39
Supreme Hq Chief of Army Signal Corps Chief of Quartermaster IV Org Department
Gen of Air Force with Commander in Chief of the Army operation
Insp F 9/10 Me 10oo2/39 g. K.
Department (la, 11, 111) ^
[Hand written notes]
Archives of the Army.
21st Army Group 6623 (9) FA LIL
Orders to Army Group B to observe the Dutch border and to prepare for an invasion of the Netherlands and Belgium "if the political situation so demands"
Authors
Walther Brauchitsch, von (commander in chief of the army, 1938-41)
Walther von Brauchitsch
German field marshal (1881-1948)
- Born: 1881-10-04 (Berlin)
- Died: 1948-10-18 (Hamburg)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: military personnel
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Military rank: general field marshal
- Military branch: Imperial German Army
- Position held: commander-in-chief (period: 1938-01-01 through 1941-01-01)
Date: 07 October 1939
Defendants: Hermann Wilhelm Goering, Wilhelm Keitel, Erich Raeder
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-2329
Citations: IMT (page 1114), IMT (page 6281)
HLSL Item No.: 450868
Document Summary
PS-2329: Nine Top Secret documents pertaining to the 'Fall Gelb' ('Case Yellow'), the planned invasion of Holland, Belgium and Luxemburg
PS-2329: Orders, regulations, directives of the high command of the army, 7 October to 19 November 1939, in preparation for the attack on Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. so-called "case yellow" ("fall gelb")