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 These instructions superseded laws of the German government as Hitler was considered to be above the law.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 DocumentDateDate
Führer Directive 131 Aug 19391939-08-31
Führer Directive 1616 Jul 19401940-07-16
Führer Directive 171 Aug 19401940-08-01
Führer Directive 1812 Nov 19401940-11-12
Führer Directive 1910 Dec 19401940-12-10
Führer Directive 2013 Dec 19401940-12-13
Führer Directive 2118 Dec 19401940-12-18
Führer Directive 2825 Apr 19411941-04-25
Führer Directive 2917 May 19411941-05-17
Führer Directive 3023 May 19411941-05-23
Führer Directive 3211 Jul 19411941-07-11
Führer Directive 4023 Mar 19421942-03-23
Führer Directive 415 Apr 19421942-04-05
Führer Directive 4229 May 19421942-05-29
Führer Directive 513 Nov 19431943-11-03
Führer Order, 15 Apr 194515 Apr 19451945-04-15


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1. Anonymous says:
30 Jul 2024 12:23:32 AM

Directive 17 - Issued 1 August 1940.

I would like to know if the above directive is the "only" directive issued by Hitler where he reserves the right to launch terror attacks as measures of reprisals? Has anyone ever studied and compared the Directives? Cheers

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