


Führer Directives and Führer Orders
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ww2dbaseFührer Directives were instructions and strategic plans issued by Adolf Hitler. These instructions superseded laws of the German government as Hitler was considered to be above the law. The first directive was issued in 1939 and the last, number 52, was issued in 1943.
Führer Orders were issued later in the war. They tended to be less strategic and more specific in nature. ww2dbase
Associated Document | Date | Date |
Führer Directive 1 | 31 Aug 1939 | 1939-08-31 |
Führer Directive 16 | 16 Jul 1940 | 1940-07-16 |
Führer Directive 17 | 1 Aug 1940 | 1940-08-01 |
Führer Directive 18 | 12 Nov 1940 | 1940-11-12 |
Führer Directive 19 | 10 Dec 1940 | 1940-12-10 |
Führer Directive 20 | 13 Dec 1940 | 1940-12-13 |
Führer Directive 21 | 18 Dec 1940 | 1940-12-18 |
Führer Directive 28 | 25 Apr 1941 | 1941-04-25 |
Führer Directive 29 | 17 May 1941 | 1941-05-17 |
Führer Directive 30 | 23 May 1941 | 1941-05-23 |
Führer Directive 32 | 11 Jul 1941 | 1941-07-11 |
Führer Directive 40 | 23 Mar 1942 | 1942-03-23 |
Führer Directive 41 | 5 Apr 1942 | 1942-04-05 |
Führer Directive 42 | 29 May 1942 | 1942-05-29 |
Führer Directive 51 | 3 Nov 1943 | 1943-11-03 |
Führer Order, 15 Apr 1945 | 15 Apr 1945 | 1945-04-15 |
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